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HISTORICAL CUMBERLAND GAP The Cumberland Gap has long been used as a crossing point in the Appalachian Mountains. Animals used it as a- path to the green pastures of Kentucky. Indians used the Gap as the Warriors Path that lead from the Potomac River down the south side of the Appalachians through the Gap and north to "The Dark and Bloody Ground" known as Kentucky and on to Ohio. In 1750 Dr. Thomas Walker found the Gap and mapped its location, but the French and Indian Wars closed the new frontiers. Daniel Boone and other long-hunters used the Gap to the Kentucky hunting grounds. In 1775, after the Treaty of Sycamore Shoals ended most indian troubles, Boone and thirty 1 men marked out the Wilderness Trail from what is now Kingsport, Tennesse through the Cumberland Gap to Kentucky. Part of the Wilderness Road can be walked in Cumberland Gap, Tennessee by the Iron Furnace. Before the Revolutionary War over 12,000 people crossed into the new frontier territory. By the time of Kentucky's admission to the Union over 100,000 people had passed through the Gap. By 1800 the Gap was being used for transportation and commerce both east and west. In the 1830's other routes west caused the Gap to decline in importance. During the Civil War the Gap was called the Keystone of the Confederacy and the Gibralter of America. Both armies felt the invasion of the North or South would come through the Gap. Both armies held and fortified the gap against the invasion that never came. Quoting O.G. Swingburg, 125th Ohio U.S. on September 9, 1863. "The trees, which had formerly covered the mountain were all cut down. Their trunks lie tangled and scattered in all directions, to prevent rapid charges of infantry. Surely a valley of death could not have been more skillfully constructed. All who walked that road today would agree that had the charge been made, it would have been the last road walked in eternity. It would have been murder to have ordered that assault." The Gap exchanged hands four times to be finally abandoned in 1866 by the Federal Army. Today the Cumberland Gap is the main local route North and South, via Cumberland Gap Parkway (Hwy. 25E). By the mid 1990's a four lane tunnel under the Gap will open a new North-South, East-West route and the Cumberland Gap will be restored to as the first pioneer saw it. Enjoy our lovely area. Tell your friends and family to come and visit our historic, scenic and friendly city of Cumberland Gap, Tennessee. Cumberland Gap welcomes you to our city with variety, scenery and tours you'll have to tell your friends about. Tour t h e National Historical Park, Cudjo Cavern, the Lincoln Museum and the Historical area of Cumberland Gap. Hike the Wilderness Road, the Ridge Trail to Hensley Settlement or the Tri-State Marker Trail. Come sit and see one of the most scenic views of the Pinnacle and Gap from downtown Cumberland Gap , Tennessee. Walk in Boone's, Dr. Walker 's and the pioneers' footsteps. Cumberland Gap Tn. Ky. Va.
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Transcript | HISTORICAL CUMBERLAND GAP The Cumberland Gap has long been used as a crossing point in the Appalachian Mountains. Animals used it as a- path to the green pastures of Kentucky. Indians used the Gap as the Warriors Path that lead from the Potomac River down the south side of the Appalachians through the Gap and north to "The Dark and Bloody Ground" known as Kentucky and on to Ohio. In 1750 Dr. Thomas Walker found the Gap and mapped its location, but the French and Indian Wars closed the new frontiers. Daniel Boone and other long-hunters used the Gap to the Kentucky hunting grounds. In 1775, after the Treaty of Sycamore Shoals ended most indian troubles, Boone and thirty 1 men marked out the Wilderness Trail from what is now Kingsport, Tennesse through the Cumberland Gap to Kentucky. Part of the Wilderness Road can be walked in Cumberland Gap, Tennessee by the Iron Furnace. Before the Revolutionary War over 12,000 people crossed into the new frontier territory. By the time of Kentucky's admission to the Union over 100,000 people had passed through the Gap. By 1800 the Gap was being used for transportation and commerce both east and west. In the 1830's other routes west caused the Gap to decline in importance. During the Civil War the Gap was called the Keystone of the Confederacy and the Gibralter of America. Both armies felt the invasion of the North or South would come through the Gap. Both armies held and fortified the gap against the invasion that never came. Quoting O.G. Swingburg, 125th Ohio U.S. on September 9, 1863. "The trees, which had formerly covered the mountain were all cut down. Their trunks lie tangled and scattered in all directions, to prevent rapid charges of infantry. Surely a valley of death could not have been more skillfully constructed. All who walked that road today would agree that had the charge been made, it would have been the last road walked in eternity. It would have been murder to have ordered that assault." The Gap exchanged hands four times to be finally abandoned in 1866 by the Federal Army. Today the Cumberland Gap is the main local route North and South, via Cumberland Gap Parkway (Hwy. 25E). By the mid 1990's a four lane tunnel under the Gap will open a new North-South, East-West route and the Cumberland Gap will be restored to as the first pioneer saw it. Enjoy our lovely area. Tell your friends and family to come and visit our historic, scenic and friendly city of Cumberland Gap, Tennessee. Cumberland Gap welcomes you to our city with variety, scenery and tours you'll have to tell your friends about. Tour t h e National Historical Park, Cudjo Cavern, the Lincoln Museum and the Historical area of Cumberland Gap. Hike the Wilderness Road, the Ridge Trail to Hensley Settlement or the Tri-State Marker Trail. Come sit and see one of the most scenic views of the Pinnacle and Gap from downtown Cumberland Gap , Tennessee. Walk in Boone's, Dr. Walker 's and the pioneers' footsteps. Cumberland Gap Tn. Ky. Va. |