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Wilderness Road: Meaning and Definition of

Wil'derness Road'

Pronunciation: [key]
— Amer. Hist. Amer. Hist.
  1. a 300-mile (500-km) route from eastern Virginia through the Cumberland Gap into Kentucky, explored by Daniel Boone in 1769 and marked as a trail by him and other pioneers in 1775: a major route for early settlers moving west.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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