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Description:: Many ancient migratory paths of buffalo and other grazing mammals served as the basis of some of our current routes. Aboriginal people would often use the paths to hunt these same animals, as well as to travel throughout their territories. Early military expeditions and explorers took advantage of the existing routes to travel into the wilderness. Settlers also used these same paths to travel into the new territories. Eventually many of these became the basis of our modern roads.

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view gallery 0 km	Buffalo Trace, Ohio River Crossing - Louisville, KY in Ancient Traces and Roads The area from the McAlpine Locks and Dam in Louisville to the Falls of the Ohio, located just across the river in Indiana, was once a major river crossing for migrating pre-settlement herds of American Bison. posted by: BluegrassCache location: Kentucky date approved: 12/18/2007 last visited: 5/26/2012
view gallery E96.1 km	Stamping Grounds, KY in Ancient Traces and Roads Small community named after the large bowl-shaped depression created by buffalo who were drawn to the area by a natural spring. Numerous trails intersected nearby. This is one of three similar formations in the state. posted by: kbarhow location: Kentucky date approved: 1/27/2008 last visited: never
view gallery E103.5 km	Great Crossing, KY in Ancient Traces and Roads This is a crossing of the Elkhorn Creek, along the buffalo trace from southeastern Kentucky to SW Ohio posted by: kbarhow location: Kentucky date approved: 1/27/2008 last visited: never
view gallery NE143.2 km	The Great Buffalo Road, Covington, KY in Ancient Traces and Roads Mural depicting the prehistoric river crossing by buffalo herds and hunting by aboriginals near this location. posted by: kbarhow location: Kentucky date approved: 12/12/2007 last visited: 7/3/2011
view gallery N146.6 km	Whetzel Trace, the road to Indy and more in Ancient Traces and Roads Established around 1818 by Jacob Whetzel this was one of the first routes through the "new purchase" leading from east to west. It wasn't even intended to be a main road in the beginning... posted by: dnrseekers location: Indiana date approved: 8/2/2012 last visited: 1/26/2014