The Buttermilk Road

Henderson, Ky. to Nashville, Tn.


Source of this routing follows:

From: "Sharon Karns" 
 To: KYBATH-L@rootsweb.com
 Subject: [KYBATH] Ky. Trails
 Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 22:38:06 -0800

BUTTERMILK ROAD: Named because farmers used to set crocks of buttermilk
 out for the travelers. Route: Henderson, KY to Dixon (Webster) KY,
 Madisonville in Hopkins Co; Hopkinsville in Christian Co; Clarksville in
 Montgomery Co TN, Cheatham Co TN, Nashville, TN. Followed an old Indian
 trail that ran between the Great Lakes and the Gulf of Mexico.