Livingston Trail Head Four Historic Plaques - Livingston, KY, USA - Daughters of the American Revolution on Waymarking.com

Boone Trace begins at Long Island on Holston River (present day Kingsport, TN) to the Cumberland Gap. It then goes through Middleboro, Flat Lick, Pineville, Barbourville, close to Corbin, then London, Hazel Patch, close to Livingston and Mount Vernon, and on to Berea, Richmond, and to Boonesborough. This original path follows streams, buffalo traces and animal trails as it heads in a northerly direction towards the Bluegrass of Central Kentucky.

At Flat Lick, Boone Trace departs from the Warrior’s Path going north, (an Indian trail known to native Americans for thousands of years). For many tribes, the Warrior’s Path was the principal northern route to Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York. At Hazel Patch, Boone Trace departs from Skaggs’ Trace, (which was a long hunters’ path that runs through Crab Orchard), and ultimately through Stanford (Logan’s Fort) Danville, Harrodsburg (Fort Harrod) to Louisville (called the “Falls on the Ohio”). Later, (by 1796), both Boone Trace and Skaggs’ Trace evolved into what became known as “The Wilderness Road”.

In 1796 the State of Kentucky paid for improvements to the road to widen it for carts and wagons, as more people came through the Gap and up the trail called the “Wilderness Road.

~ The Friends of Boone Trace ~ https://medium.com/celebrating-boone-trace-1775-2025/celebrating-boone-trace-1775-2025-efffe89e561

DAR Chapter: Daughters of the American Revolution Date Placed: 04/01/2012 Inscription: Daniel Boone’s Trace Pioneer trail marker by Daniel Boone in 1775 brought early settlers through the Cumberland Gap to Fort Boone (Boonesboro). this trace suitable for horses and walking, followed creeks, Indian hunting paths and buffalo migration routes. Presented by Daughters of the American Revolution April 2012 Skaggs Trace Trail used by Long Hunters who came through Cumberland Gap into Kentucky to hunt for deerskins and pelts. This trace was named for early hunter Henry Skaggs, who came into area in 1763. This trace connected Hazel Patch to Crab Orchard. This was the first Long Hunter trail through the Great Wilderness. Presented by Daughters of the American Revolution April 2012 Tribal Trails People of many tribal nations, such as Cherokee and Shawnee, hunted and lived in Kentucky. They followed game trails and lived in rock and log shelters. The Red Hill Mountain area, just outside Livingston, has many rock shelters that were used by the tribes. Presented by Daughters of the American Revolution April 2012 Wilderness Road In 1796, Kentucky Governor Isaac Shelby commissioned James Knox and Joseph Crockett to build a wagon road from the Cumberland Gap to Crab Orchard. Sections of existing trails merged with the new road construction that created the Wilderness Road.

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