Details
Episode description: The story of the permanent settlement of Kentucky begins at the Cumberland Gap. The "secret road" west through the dense Cumberland Mountains, long used by buffalo and deer, eluded explorers from America's Atlantic states for decades—though the Shawnee and Cherokee knew it well.
Series Information: Exploring an American Original
TV Schedule
Upcoming Airdates:
- KETKY: Wednesday, June 12 at 6:30 am EDT
- KETKY: Monday, June 24 at 7:00 pm EDT
- KETKY: Wednesday, August 14 at 6:30 am EDT
Past Airdates:
- KETKY: Monday, April 22 at 7:00 pm EDT
- KETKY: Monday, February 18, 2013 at 7:00 pm EST
- KETKY: Wednesday, February 6, 2013 at 6:30 am EST
- KETKY: Wednesday, December 5, 2012 at 6:30 am EST
- KETKY: Monday, November 19, 2012 at 7:30 pm EST
First aired: Sunday, July 25, 2004 (excluding any air dates prior to June 1999)