(StatePoint) For this country’s entire existence, and long before that, the land that is now called Kentucky has helped build the nation into what it is today. The Bluegrass State has contributed more than its share of explorers, diplomats, entertainers, activists, and icons to the national cause.
Here’s how to honor just a few of them on your next visit to Kentucky.
Daniel Boone is synonymous with Kentucky wilderness. In 1775, Boone connected the East Coast to Kentucky when he blazed the Boone Trace, a narrow trail through the Cumberland Gap that terminated at what is now known as Fort Boonesborough. Subsequently in 1796, the Wilderness Road was formed; a 200-mile wagon trail stretching from the Cumberland Gap to Louisville, and providing an estimated 200,000 people a path to the west…