Roadside Roundup | April 2018
In each issue of Roadside Roundup, the SCA’s quarterly e-newsletter, we highlight stories of interest from around the web. Send your tips to enews@sca-roadside.org.
Five Faves: Kentucky
By Mary Ann Buckner The first road in Kentucky was known as the “Wilderness Road,” aptly named since the area was largely unsettled country back in 1769. Inhabited by only about 70,000 settlers at the time, these woodsmen with rifles and axes made their way through the Cumberland Mountains to what is now known as…
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