New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 19, 1929, Page 16

- Wilderness Road Through Kentucky Follows Daniel Boone’s Old Trail KEH%’UCKY cap DICK ROBINSOX. HARRODSBLUT, PLIGYVILLE DANVILLECNTINCAs1ER VILLE ICIMOXD NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, AUGUST 19, 1929 This map shows the Wilderness Trail from Lo berland Gap. Harrodsburg, is shown in inset. Louisville, Ky hour drive ov through the he Louisville to Cumbe sents a motor trip the historical lore ar The Wildernes 1 same courss Daniel Boone, S still remains traces of early settie 08 of Boone's time and dircet descend- auts of tl rs are tound in |ghanies the backwoods zlong this vay. |k At Louisvill that prince of Fr fur traders, LaSalle, while. George Rogers Clark tiny army of Virginia r ganized here close to the Ohio and set out north to win the northwest for Lhe The road leads south 3 Bardstown. Ficlds of and pastures border it. Throu section warring Iroquois used to swoop down on Shawnee villages and plu Typical Kentucky Town Bardstown is said to typify the Aug. 19 — A once rs and sottled for t H is the tucky ¥ s he miles into |1 Indians |s In th A view of an ancient building at the > center fome," re Ste sville, Ky Many of its |2 U low-roofed cabi v at G appist m cabin where I About a mile frcr motorists runs into t Federal phen Collins ort of t his First Town Settlec e next Harrodsburg, county, where in to Cum- weer Memorial Park, hseman own the “01d Ken- Hill = Virginians erected settlement in after, Danie tel Stoner were sent of Kentucky Boone and Mic recall t} because to pionec 1 Indian in N writ- sion. Tt %o trail at Harrods. kes the motorist throug on and Lanc to Richmond, thence to soro. Here in 1774 Daniel yurageous little b ¢ first outpost of civil- 1 the frontier. It is now a ng city, with monuments to _|mark it as a former outpost Returning to the Wilderness Road to Richmond, fthe trail leads south through Berea, of the college to the education of the in youth he famous blu s region is at Mt. Vernon and the grows more wild and rugged as the main range of the Cumberland Mountains is approac d. Climbing, dropping, ever turning, the road |1cads across the mountains to Lon- don and finally into Cor | This town is an important moun- s [tain railroad terminal for the han- scenery the Wilderness Trail outside of Cumberland Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessce, can be had from here. | ness Road, and finally dropping down, the tourist enters Cumber- land Gap. In the center of the Gap |is a huge stone, marking the spot ‘\\’h(-rc the boundaries of Kenlucky. | Tenessee and Virginia meet. From the top of the Pinnacle, a view rivalod by a few can be seen. The mountainous road winds down |on both sides, and pafts of three | states, oveshung by fleecy clouds, roll away in green hills beforc the | eyes of the awed tourist. And down there in the village of Cumberland Gap can be seen the site of another monument to Daniel | Boone. KAYOED BY POLICE Chuck Wiggins, Veteran Meavy- End in Dattle Wtih Bluecoats. | i | welght Roxer, on Short | | Indianapolis, Ind.,, Aug. 19 (A— | Chuck Wiggins, veteran local heavy- | weight boxer, and known to Thou- |sands of ring fans as the “Hossier | Playboy.” because of his antics in | the ring, tried his fistic prowess on a large part of the Indianapolis police force last night—and took the count. |As a consequence he may not be |able to go through with his 10 round fling of “”“’l‘.‘];i‘;’°’1‘;R"“:"‘fm“‘ijhom with Al Friedman, Boston S e i Bv”;"’mr‘_ | heavyweight, here Tuesday night. Sille s the aite of thh Targest soir|. Wiseins was badly beaten before : te largest golf iy, (as finally jailed. The trouble shaft factory in the world and is al- | so famous for a breeding farm for |Started when his machine struck a e Ll | police car. After knocking down the o e | officer that attempted to arrest him, The rond between Barbourville. | Wiggins was cornered in & hotel Pineville and Middlesboro takes the |johby which was badly damaged in motorist out of the twentieth cen- hh(\ ensuing fight. The emergency tury and sets him back 250 years.|squad had to be called before he Along this road imagination knows|was subduel. no leash, and one can all but hear ggins was charged with drunk- wild Indian war whoops and rifle [enness, operating a motor vehicle shots while under the influence of liquor, ing an officer, assault and bat- failure to stop after an acci- dent and vagrancy. e summit of the Pinnacle on ;ap. A view of three states, ili of coal h Middlesboro is near the end of the|r irip. Situated on a broad expanse |tery, of fiat land, it is over-shadowed al- | most by the Pinnacle, a majestic | peak in the Cumberlands, far up nst the castern sky. L] This city was once the scenc of | P l S f an English engincer's dream to | 11€ erers found an industrial empire in these| nountains. After he had gone to, You can only get quick, safe and last. England, collected a large sum of |ing reiiel by iemoving tho causecon: 5 fvenhoe | estion of Dlood In the lows owel money for the investment, laid out | E% e B his town and gathered a popula cutting and salves fail. of 10,000, a bank failurc in Eng Dr. Leonhardt's Hom-Rold, & harmless caused the bubble to burst. Mines, tablet, is guarantesd to quickly and however, finally built it up to its|safely hanish any form of ‘Pilo misery present size. money lack. 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