Route maps

Route maps

Six approximate routes, each drawn for its story. Mantle Rock follows the National Park Service name Northern Route.

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Athiamiowee: the Warriors’ Path through Kentucky

before 1674 to the 1770s
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Thomas Walker and Cumberland Gap

1750
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Christopher Gist, 1750–51

1750–1751
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William Calk’s 1775 journal

1775
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George Rogers Clark

1778–1779
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Mantle Rock and the Trail of Tears, 1838–39

1838–1839 · Northern Route
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