This explorer was hired by the Transylvania Company to blaze a 200 mile trail through the Cumberland Gap.
A plaque inscribed with this man's words "Enough of honor cannot be paid" was erected after his son died near the salt springs of Blue Licks. According to one account, this man was taken to Chillicothe (CHILLY-COATH-EE) before being adopted by Blackfish, but escaped after learning of a siege on a borough named for him. This man partnered with Richard Callaway to track Hanging Maw and the Cherokee who had captured his daughter Jemima. This explorer was hired by the Transylvania Company to blaze a 200 mile trail through the Cumberland Gap. For 10 points, name this architect behind the Wilderness Road, a legendary Kentucky frontiersman who lends his name to a coontail cap.
A plaque inscribed with this man's words "Enough of honor cannot be paid" was erected after his son died near the salt springs of Blue Licks.
Daniel Boone