Blazing the Wilderness Road with Daniel Boone in American HistoryAround the time of the Revolutionary War, Americans were looking to settle the land to the west. The Loyal Land Company of Virginia commissioned Daniel Boone to blaze a new trail into Kentucky partially using old American Indian trails. The text tells the story of this new trail, The Wilderness Road, and its importance throughout American history. |
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The Land of Tomorrow | 7 |
War Comes to the Wilderness | 20 |
Every Heart Abounded | 34 |
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