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 Daniel Boone Escorting Settlers through the Cumberland Gap, George Caleb Bingham, oil on canvas, 1851–5 | In Testimony of the Gratitude of Posterity for the Historic Service of cutting for the Transylvania Company the Transylvania Trail, the first great pathway to the West, March-April, 1775, from the Long Island of Hoiston River, Tennessee, to Otter Creek, Kentucky, by the Gallant Band of Axemen, Pioneers and Indian Fighters, who at the Risk and Loss of Life opened the Doors of Destiny to...Kentucky and the West. DAR Monument, placed at Cumberland Gap about 1912.
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Geologic Origin
History
Before 1775
Construction of the Wilderness Road
1775 to 1800
1800-1860
1860-1865
Reconstruction Through Establishment of the National Monument
As a National Monument
Significance
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