The Emigrant's Dream
Cumberland Gap, the break in the ridgeline you see ahead, is far more than just a pass through a long, rugged mountain barrier. For a generation of American pioneers this was the gateway from their old lives and limitations out to a frontier wilderness, full of promise, and the chance to start a better life.
What a buzzel is amongst people about Kentucke? To hear people speak of it one would think that it was a new found Paradise!
Reverend John Brown, 1775
Ask these Pilgrims what they expect when they git to Kentucke. The Answer is Land. Have you any? No, but I expect I can git it. Have you anything to pay for land? No. Did you Ever see the Country? No, but Every Body says it is good land...
Moses Austin, 1796
Marker is on Pinnacle Road, on the right when traveling east.
Courtesy hmdb.org
