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County: Laurel

Pittsburg and Wilderness Road

Marker Number: 

1757

Location: 

Pittsburg, Old Richmond Rd. & Crab Orchard, just off US 25

The "Madison Branch" of Wilderness Road was last 18th-century link from Cumberland Gap to central Kentucky. By legislative act of March 1, 1797, Joseph Crockett built new road from Milford, then seat of Madison Co., to intersect with improved Wilderness Road at present-day Pittsburg. This point became new "forks of the road" and replaced Old Hazel Patch crossing.

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