Flat Lick was a favorite campsite for Native Americans as well as “Long Hunters,” that were individuals who went on hunting expeditions for extended periods of time.
It was also where the three major frontier roads (The Warrior’s Path, Boone Trace and the Wilderness Road) diverged if traveling north, or converged if south. The Warrior’s Path is a multi-trail along which Native Americans travelled and waged their wars for thousands of years before Boone Trace (See Map above). It splits off to the east and then turns north passing through the Indian town of Eskippikithiki near Winchester, KY, and on to Chillicothe in Ohio.
Following Evergreen Road, off of Hwy. 25E, in the back of Flat Lick (to Old Flat Lick), you will come to the Daniel Boone Park located at the intersection of Evergreen Rd and the Warrior’s Path Road. It is a tiny, but very informative, park with multiple maps and monuments, including a Kentucky Historical Society roadside marker.
Be sure find and read the marker which states, "No other trail is of greater historical significance to the founding of Kentucky and the opening of the west (than Boone Trace).” This area is currently being considered for the development of a Native American interpretive center.
There is no visitor’s center in Flat Lick, but information can be obtained from the Visitor’s Center and Knox Historical Museum in nearby Barbourville.