Cuttawba

Cuttawba is an early name recorded for the Kentucky River, which descends from the Appalachian hills and crosses the Bluegrass country to join the Ohio. Along its valley, salt licks attracted animals and the people who hunted them, while established paths led between the river and lands to the south. In 1775 Daniel Boone's party established Fort Boonesborough on the river near the Wilderness Road, as American settlers began to press into the region.