Cumberland Gap: A meteor-formed gateway through the Appalachians, used by buffalo, Indigenous travelers, and pioneers alike.
• Eskippakithiki (Indian Old Fields): Site of a major Shawnee town and trade center in the mid-1700s.
• Lower Shawneetown: Cross-river trade hub at the Scioto and Ohio Rivers, a meeting place of Native and European cultures.
• Carter Caves (Saltpeter Cave): Source of potassium nitrate for gunpowder during the War of 1812 and Civil War.
• Goose Creek Saltworks: One of Kentucky’s earliest industrial centers and vital frontier trade site.
• Hopewell and Fitchburg Furnaces: Stone blast furnaces representing Kentucky’s early industrial age.
• Pottsville Escarpment: A natural geological corridor shaping millennia of movement and habitation.
• Ravenna and U.S. 60 Corridor: Modern transportation routes following the ancient valleys of the Path.