Kentucky's Frontier Highway: Historical Landscapes Along the Maysville Road

by Nancy O'Malley and Karl Raitz

Eighteenth-century Kentucky beckoned to hunters, surveyors, and settlers from the mid-Atlantic coast colonies as a source of game, land, and new trade opportunities. Unfortunately, the Appalachian Mountains formed a daunting barrier that left only two primary roads to this fertile Eden. The steep grades and dense forests of the Cumberland Gap rendered the Wilderness Road impassable to wagons, and the northern route extending from southeastern Pennsylvania...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813136644
• ISBN13: 9780813136646
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.3" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up