it is early in the seventeen eighties and the rugged by tory long known to scouts and survey ours is attracting increasing numbers of settlers from the east along the wilderness road  northwest behind them the struggles of the revolutionary war are before them the conquest of the wilderness a journey is long and argue less but it leads to a land of promise and for wealth or taylor and his friend george simmons that is enough these men have fought for freedom they intend to make it real a purpose fully shared by mrs taylor and mrs emmons women of the dauntless courage day after day the party follows the unfamiliar trail sometimes crossing the beds of streams carved through kentucky limestone streams bordered by forests of cherry walnut hickory and of and there's many a hill to climb in the course of the weeks of travel streams heels and farce the trail of the wilderness road and more than physical hardship lies along the way here taylor  all who travel the wilderness road survive but the fate that has fallen to others does not discourage these determined pioneers they salvaged the abandoned cattle impress on them knowing well the danger that surrounds them but feeling a confidence one of courage some of the long days passed on the mark well the evenings bring promises for the night in camps beside the trail sentries keep a constant watch ever on the lookout for signs of hostile indians within the fort enclosure lives a small community of settlers some of them permanent residents others temporary visitors all of them busily engaged with the task of the front here now from his post the center catches sight of the group of new arrivals they will be more than welcome here at harr stations newcomers to the front tier means so many more strong arms a skilled in the use of rifles so many more stout hearts to aid in the winning of the wilderness and to the travelers herself with the cooking by little mary carter wines balls of rags for weaving at the thought spring ruth taylor filled a wooden water bucket nearby her brother john milks the family co inside the ford enclosure along with other members of the forts animal population ighly prized possessions of the little from here community so life at the for what goes on but past for each and for that is needed for laundering clothes and for other household uses at the shop of the fort carpenter water tailors host mr carter and showing them the tools they can obtain here to equip themselves for farming abroad acts will be needed for healing the timbers for floors for tables and for benches yes the carpenter just now completing a stool for a four household and readily supply a number of tailors needs they say at the fort that sometimes jim bradley does exaggerate just a little but he scouted this territory years ago and he knows every hill and stream in the busy life of the fort schooling for the in a metal mold we all need those candles the big dome saturday night they'll be ready yes the candles will be needed saturday night on saturday night they are ready the days go by and soon taylor is felling trees from his own land for his own cabin as the trees are failing john carefully trim of them while nearby friends proceed with the work of fitting trim logs into the one hundred seventy acres and soon he will have a new home but before the cabin is finished the walls must be carefully chink with chips of wood and good firm clay with this task to friends hel as the cabin nears completion and they begins ploughing the taylor land in preparation for the planting of the first corn crop the plough is new to this island it bring the promise of a richer freer life day arrives when the tailors are ready to leave the temporary haven of the for those families themselves in their new frontier home they go forth alone but they travel toward the freedom that is their still if things don't go right we can always move on let's not think about that not yet no but it's good to know they'll always be freedom out the freedom out there