Owingsville

Although the area around Owingsville is somewhat hilly, there are broad creek bottom lands that run 
between the hills to the south and west.

Although watercourses can be an excellent avenue for crossing substantial distances, the Licking is 
characterized by  much meandering across the landscape, and the foot traveler soon discovers that 
following every twist and turn of the Licking is not an efficient track to any destination, So the 
walking traveler no doubt employed the Licking  River as a directional reference and a resource for food 
and refreshment, there were surely substantial stretches of the Warriors Path that short-cut the river's 
meanders and led the traveler much more directly toward his destination.

South of Owingsville, the course of the Licking River falls away to the east, but there is a ridge-line of 
hills that point the way south. At a point just north of the site of  the18th century Morgan's Station 
settlement, the ridge-line thins and some now lost indicator told the traveler that he was now just a few 
miles east of the ceremonial and economic center of this region, Mt. Sterling.

For generations, travel on the Warriors Path may have involved a stop-over at Mt. Sterling. It was one of 
the more significant Native American settlements in this area whose existence we are aware of.