Cumberland Cultural Heritage Highway

The Cumberland Cultural Heritage Highway is a now recreational paradise due to its remote location and rural setting, but it was this area that became the site of migrations in the 1700s as settlers pushed west for new, pristine land. They traveled through the Cumberland Gap into Southern Kentucky and settled the area. The importance of these early settlers is not lost even today, as thousands of people come back to this area to trace the genealogy of their families. A unique culture, language patterns, architecture, clothing, and town plans created an area which would see significant events such as Civil War battles, and an increase in mining and railroading.