Long Hunter

ID: 2681
This file appears in: Wilderness Road/Logan's Station
Long Hunter

Long hunters, like the one shown here, used the game and Native American trails to explore Kentucky. Their routes often developed into what would be called the Wilderness Road. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.

This file appears in: Wilderness Road/Logan's Station

By Tim Talbott
Historical Marker #2177 in Stanford commemorates the Wilderness Road, the famous trail that brought thousands of settlers into Kentucky and set the stage for the westward expansion of the United States. The route that eventually became known as…