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Wil'derness Road'

Amer. Hist.
a 300-mile (500-km) route from eastern Virginia through the Cumberland Gap into Kentucky, explored by Daniel Boone in 1769 and marked as a trail by him and other pioneers in 1775: a major route for early settlers moving west.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

wilderness area

wild-eyed

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