John Finley, Woodsman and Hunter
It was John Finley of North Carolina who saw the huntsman’s paradise in Kentucky and in 1767, moved into the Blue Ridge region of Kentucky. He was the first white man who ever penetrated the wilderness and forests sufficiently to view the central portion of the state. Two years later, after having returned to his […]
The Great Trading Path to Kentucky
The Great Trading Path began in Pennsylvania and crossed the Blue Ridge and Allegheny Mountains as far west as the Ohio River. At first, a great trading path was used by Virginia traders to get through the towns of the Cherokees and the Catawbas. Still, it was in the 18th century that Virginians pushed further […]