Displayed in the Cumberland Gap National Historical Park visitors center, this painting is a wall mural depicting Daniel Boone and his expedition into Kentucky through the Cumberland Gap.
There is a steep wall of mountains that stopped southern travelers from passing north into the lush Indian hunting grounds of Kentucky. Daniel Boone and his expedition found a narrow gap through that wall of mountains that settlers could pass. The trail into Kentucky that Boone blazed would be called "The Wilderness Trail."
