Historic Highways of America: Volume 6: Boone's Wilderness Road by Archer Butler Hulbert

Author:Archer Butler Hulbert [Hulbert, Archer Butler]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Geschichte
Publisher: Jazzybee Verlag
Published: 2018-05-01T22:00:00+00:00

To Stinking Creek, 2

To Richland Creek, 7

Down Richland Creek, 8

To Racoon Spring,6

To Laurel River, 2

To Hazel Patch, 15

To Rockcastle River, 10

To English Station, 25

To Col. Edward's Crab Orchard, 3

To Whitley's Station, 5

To Logan's Station, 5

To Clark's Station, 7

To Crow's Station, 4

To Harrod's Station, 3

To Harlands', 4

To Harbisons, 10

To Bardstown, 25

To Salt Works, 25

To Falls of the Ohio, 20

Total: 826

Mr. Speed preserves for us the itinerary with "observations and occurrences" of William Brown, the father of Judge Alfred M. Brown, of Elizabethtown, Kentucky. "It is contained in a small manuscript book," writes Mr. Speed, " which has been preserved in the family. It is especially interesting from the fact that immediately upon his arrival in Kentucky, by the journey of which he made a complete record, the Battle of Blue Licks occurred. He aided in burying the slain, among whom was his own brother, James Brown." The itinerary and " observations and occurrences " follow:

(1782) " Hanover to Richmond, Henrico Co., 18

To Widow Simpson's, Chesterford, . 14

To Powhatan Co. House, . 16

To Joseph Thompson's at the forks of the road, 8

To Long's Ordinary, Buckingham, . 9

To Hoolen's on Willis Creek, . 8

To Mrs. Sanders, Cumberland, . 3

To Widow Thompson's passing Hood's and Swiney's, .... 27

To Captain Hunter's, .... 5

To Thompson's on the Long Mo., Campbell, 5

To Dupriest, 6

To New London, 10

To Liberty Town, 16

To Yearley's, at Goose Creek, Bedford, 12

To M. Loland, at the Blue Ridge Gap, 6

To Big Flat Lick, 10

To Fort Lewis, Botetourt, . 12

To Hans' Meadows, .... 20

To English's Ferry, New River, . 12

To Fort Chiswell, 30

To Atkins' Ordinary, . -19

To Mid Fork Holstein —

To Cross White's, Montgomery, . 3

To Col. Arthur Campbell's, ... 3

To 7-mile Ford of Holstein, ... 6

To Maj. Dysart's Mill, . 12

To Washington Co. House, ... 10

To Head of Reedy Creek, Sullivan Co., North Carolina, .... 20

To Block House, . 13

To North Fork Holstein, ... 2

To Moccasin Gap, 5

To Clinch River, 11

To Ford of Stock Creek, ... 2

To Little Flat Lick,

To North Fork of Clinch, 5

To Powell's Mountain, 1

To Wallan Ridge, 1

To Valley Station, 5

To Powell's River, 2

To Glade Spring, 4

To Martin's Station, 19

To Big Spring, 12

To Cumberland Mountain Gap, 8

To Yellow Creek, 2

To Cumberland River,13

To Big Flat Lick, 9

To Little Richland Creek, 10

To Big Richland Creek, 1

To Robinson Creek, 10

To Raccoon Spring, 1

To Laurel River, 2

To Little Laurel River, 5

To Raccoon Creek, 8

To Hazel Patch, 4

To Rockcastle Creek, 6

To Rockcastle River, 7

To Scaggs' Creek, 5

To Head of Dicks River, 15

To English Station, 8

To Crab Orchard, 3

To Logan's Old Fort, . 11

To Doehurty's Station, .... 8

To Harrod's Station, .... 6

To Harrodsburg, 6

From Hanover to Harrodsburg is 555 miles.

Observations and Occurrences: Set Out from Hanover Monday, 27th May, 1782; arrived at the Block-house about the first week in July. The road from Hanover to this place is generally very good; crossing the Blue Ridge is not bad; there is not more than a small hill with some winding to go over. Neither is the Alleghany Mountain by any means difficult at this gap. There are one or two high hills about New River and Fort Chiswell.

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