The Clarks traveled through Salem then Centerville, present-day Fredonia, KY, and eventually to Judge William Prince’s at the “Big Springs”, present-day Princeton, KY.⁽³⁾ They were following the Saline Trail used by Indigenous People for centuries to move salt or other trade items from the salt springs in Southern Illinois to the southeast or other regions.⁽⁴⁾

The Clark party was also traveling the corridor George Drouillard would have used in November 1803 to Ft. Southwest Point, TN. The trail crossed the Ohio at a ferry then following a trail that crossed streams at or near their head waters to the vicinity of present-day Guthrie, KY then Mansker’s Station, near Goodlettsville, TN.⁽⁵⁾ With a stop at Craigfont, Castalian Springs, TN ⁽⁶⁾ and following the well-established Avery Trace⁽⁷⁾ a.k.a. Tollunteekee Trail to Ft. Southwest Point, Kingston, TN.⁽⁸⁾ Drouillard did not keep a known journal nor do we know if Lewis provided a map. We do know that George Drouillard was successful in his first mission for Lewis and Clark to bring recruited expedition members from Ft. Southwest Point, Kingston, TN (35.8606302 – 84.5291008) to the first winter camp on Wood River, Il.^(9)(10)

On 2 October, Clark arrived in Hopkinsville, KY and paid $1.75 for breakfast at Mr. Alsberrys (Thomas Allsberry Tavern) before proceeding to Colonel (Anthony) New’s home and stayed all night. The New plantation was approximately equal distance between Hopkinsville and Russellville, KY on present-day Business U S 68/KY 80 just east of Elkton, KY. Colonel New, trained as an attorney, had been member of the Virginia Militia 1780-1781, and was a U.S. Representative in Congress 1793-1805 in Virginia’s 11th and 16th District.⁽¹¹⁾ After moving to Kentucky, he served as the 1st and 5th District Representative 1811 to 1823. Col. New had lived in Caroline Co. VA, birthplace of William Clark, giving the two men a common thread of conversation. Clark did not comment on the home, Dunheath, or food.^{(12)(13)(14)(15)}