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Ever wonder about the route Daniel Boone took into Kentucky. The Fort Boonesborough Foundation has addressed that question by offering bus tours of Boone’s Trace. The initial trip took place on March 16-17, 2012, when Fort interpreter Scott New led the Boone Trace Tour.
The first group consisted of Foundation members and friends and left on Friday afternoon. The tour spent the night at Pine Mountain State Park and left at 8:30 on Saturday morning to follow the path that Boone took. New is a long time student of Boone and has spent years researching the man. His commentary along the route was highly informative and entertaining according to those who made the trip.
Plans are underway to offer trips on a regular basis and will be sponsored by The Fort Boonesborough Foundation. The route for the next trip will go all the way to Martin’s Station at Wilderness Road State Park in Ewing Virginia, with stops at Cumberland Gap National Park, and Pine Mountain State Park.. There will be stops at the parks visitor centers, pinnacles, the gap and then north along the trace finishing up back at Fort Boonesborough State Park..
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