Seth Blackburn

Kentucky is a state in the east central of the united states of america.Kentucky was the first region west of the allegheney mountains to be settled

by American pioneers.  James Harrod established the first permanent settlement at harrodsburg in 1774; the following year Daniel Boone who had explored the area in 1767 blazed the wilderness trail through the cumberland gap and found Boonesboro.When the eastern seaboard was being

colonized in the 1600s, Kentucky was part of the inacessible country beyond the mountains. After Robert Cavelier,sier De La selle, claimed all the regions drained by the Mississippi and its tributaries for France,British interrested in the area quickened.The first major expedition to the Tennesse region was lead by Dr Thomas walker,who explored the eastern mountain region in 1750 for th loyal land company. Walker soon was followed by hunters and scouts including Christopher Gist.Originally part of Virginia,but statehood was gained in 1792.Gen Anthony Wayne's victory in 1794 at Fallen Timbers in Ohio marked the end of Native American Resistance in the area and secured the Kentucky frontier.As a slaveholding state with a conciderable abolitionist population, Kentuckty was caught in the middle during the civil war, supplying both Union and Confederate forces with thousands of troops.