Presentation on the life of Daniel Boone especially relating to his passage through the Clinch and Powell river valleys in 1769 on his first excursion through the Cumberland Gap as well as his marking of Boone Trace six years later and both the tragic and heroic events in his life in between.

The Daniel Boone Wilderness Trail Interpretive Center opened in January 2019. It complements the programming at “the Blockhouse” at Natural Tunnel State Park organized and hosted by the Daniel Boone Wilderness Trail Association. Visit www.DanielBooneTrail.com to join, to support, and to learn more.

Ceremonial remarks at the Pinnacle Overlook to begin the night walk through the Cumberland Gap to commemorate the 250th anniversary of Daniel Boone’s first excursion through this gap into Kentucky in 1769. Public participants with reservations will then walk in scheduled cohorts and interact with reenactors along the route sharing historical perspectives on Daniel Boone and the westward movement which soon followed through this gap. (NPS provides shuttle bus for those with reservations. NPS provides details.)

Two talks in the Visitor Center at 11am and 3pm about Daniel Boone and especially his 1769 excursion through the Powell River valley and his first passage through the Cumberland Gap. Augments “Long Hunter’s Camp” on-site that weekend with reenactors at replica fort; night walk through historic Cumberland Gap to observe the 250th anniversary of Daniel Boone’s first excursion through America’s first gateway to the West.

Wilderness Road State Park, Calor, Virginia

“Famous and Infamous Women of North Carolina”

Arbor Acres Retirement Village, Winston-Salem, NC
(private event)