USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In 1775, Boone blazed the Wilderness Road through the Cumberland Gap and into Kentucky, in the face of resistance from American Indians, for whom the area was a traditional hunting ground. He founded Boonesborough, one of the first English-speaking settlements west of the Appalachian Mountains.

Detailed explanation-2: -Daniel Boone was an early American frontiersman who gained fame for his hunting and trailblazing expeditions through the Cumberland Gap, a natural pass through the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia, Tennessee and Kentucky.

Detailed explanation-3: -He discovered the Cumberland Gap, a narrow pass through the Appalachian Mountains. On the other side, Daniel discovered a land that he considered a paradise. There were meadows for farmland and plenty of wild game to hunt.

Detailed explanation-4: -Daniel Boone left home on a military expedition during the French and Indian War, and in 1769 Boone led an expedition that discovered a trail to the west through the Cumberland Gap. In 1775, he settled an area he called Boonesborough in Kentucky, where he faced Indian resistance.