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8 mi. S. of Barbourville at Flat Lick, US 25-E
This area was first used as an Indian camp and later as a Long Hunters' camp. Daniel Boone was here by 1769. At this point three historic roads-Boone's Trace (to Boonesborough), Wilderness Road (to Crab Orchard) and the Warrior's Path (to mouth of Scioto River)-converge and become one road to Cumberland Gap.
Flat Lick, Kentucky - On path of Gen. Felix Zollicoffer when he took Barbourville, Sept. 19, 1861; one of first Civil War skirmishes in Kentucky. Union Gen. G. W. Morgan had sick camp here, 1862. In Aug., Gen. Kirby Smith captured Pineville, Barbourville and Flat Lick, cutting off Morgan's forces at Cumberland Gap. In Sept., Morgan escaped along Warrior's Path to here, Manchester and on to Ohio.