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County: Laurel

The Wilderness Road

Marker Number: 

55

Location: 

US 50, London

Opened Kentucky and the West to rapid settlement and major development. First wagon road built by Kentucky (1796), Crab Orchard to Cumberland Gap. A principal highway, maintained as a turnpike "toll road" for 80 years.

For more information, see ExploreKYHistory: Wilderness Road/Logan's Station

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