In 1775, when the Transylvania Company sought to establish a Western settlement, they paid Daniel Boone to cut a trail through this pass in the Appalachian Mountains.
It was designated a national historic place in 1940, 190 years after it was first sighted and named for an English duke. In 1775, when the Transylvania Company sought to establish a Western settlement, they paid Daniel Boone to cut a trail through this pass in the Appalachian Mountains. For ten points, name this historic location in Southwestern Kentucky.
It was designated a national historic place in 1940, 190 years after it was first sighted and named for an English duke.
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