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	Cumberland Gap Wedding Chapel History
		The setting is a bustling railroad town in East Tenessee's picturesque Cumberland Gap, a natural gap in the Cumberland Mountains where Kentucky, Virginia and Tennessee meet.
		But, although the time in Cumberland Gap's history during which the squire performed so many wedding ceremonies had passed, the story of the marriage place did not end there.
		And so, in December 2003, the new Cumberland Gap Wedding Chapel was officially opened for business at 905 North Cumberland Drive on the lot that Betty's husband, Hugh, had purchased many years ago.
	www.cumberlandgapweddingchapel.com /wedding-chapel-pages/history.html (628 words)

	Cumberland Gap Tunnel
		The Cumberland Gap Tunnel is a 4-lane twin-bore mountain tunnel that is 4,600 feet long, and it carries US-25E under Cumberland Gap between Tennessee and Kentucky, and it was completed in October 1996 at a cost of $280 million.
		U.S. 58 across the southern tier of Virginia from Cumberland Gap to Virginia Beach is being upgraded to four-lane arterial standards with town bypasses.
		Cumberland Gap Tunnel ITS Project - this project is a collaborative venture between the University of Kentucky Transportation Center, TRW and the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet.
	www.roadstothefuture.com /Cumberland_Gap.html (1840 words)

	Kentucky State Parks - CUMBERLAND GAP (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Cumberland Gap, the former pathway of a great through-flowing river which headed at some distant points undoubtedly in Eastern Tennessee and Western North Carolina, is unique and dear to the hearts of Kentuckians in many respects.
		It was through the Cumberland Gap and under the precipitous brow of Pinnacle Mountain rising to a height of 2,500 feet that Boone led the westward march of the early Kentucky hunters and immigrants.
		It was topographically surveyed on the Cumberland Gap quadrangle, to the scale of 1:125,000 with a contour interval of 100 feet in the year 1882.
	www.kentuckyhighlands.com /kh/documents/travel/ky_parks_1924/ky_parks_1924_4.asp (1031 words)

	Cumberland Gap National Historical Park - Areaparks.com
		Throughout the ages, poets, songwriters, novelists, journal writers, historians and artists have captured the grandeur of the Cumberland Gap.
		We ascended Cumberland Mountain, from the top of which the bright luminary of day appeared to our view in all his rising glory; the mists dispersed and the floating clouds hasted away at his appearing.
		First used by large game animals in their migratory journeys, followed by Native Americans, the Cumberland Gap was the first and best avenue for the settlement of the interior of this nation.
	cumberlandgap.areaparks.com (284 words)

	Cumberland Gap National Historical Park and Claiborne County Tennessee
		Native Americans used the Gap as the Warrior's Path that led 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.
		By 1800 the Gap was being used for transportation and commerce, both east and west.
		During the Civil War the Gap was called the Keystone of the Confederacy and the Gibraltar of America.
	thesmokies.com /features/places/cumberland_gap (411 words)

	Sherpa Guides \| Tennessee \| The Tennessee Mountains \| Upper Cumberland Plateau \| Cumberland Gap
		Boone's next trip to the gap was in 1775, when he was hired by the Transylvania Land Company to blaze a trail through Cumberland Gap to 20 million acres it had recently acquired from the Cherokee for settlement.
		The small town of Cumberland Gap is tucked in a hollow on the Tennessee side of the southwestern edge of Cumberland Mountain.
		From Cumberland Gap the trail ascends Tri-State Mountain, generally follows the plateau's eastern escarpment to Prentice Cooper State Forest, then travels along the rim of the Grand Canyon of the Tennessee River to a point near the Alabama line.
	sherpaguides.com /tennessee/upper_cumberland_plateau/cumberland_gap.html (1750 words)

	Cumberland Gap Photos
		This large set of photos is from a short excursion I undertook to Cumberland Gap National Historic Park in May, 2003, in particular to view the Gap itself and hike up to "Tri-State Peak", which is the point where Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee all come together.
		Except for the gap in the trees, it would be hard to believe that prior to 1996, this was a very busy and very dangerous section of US 25E.
		A view of Cumberland Gap, TN as seen from the old roadway somewhere between Cujo's Cave and the Gap.
	www.ajfroggie.com /pics/cumberland-gap (712 words)

	GORP - Cumberland Gap National Historical Park - Kentucky (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The story of the first doorway to the west is commemorated at Cumberland Gap National Historical Park, located where the borders of Tennessee, Kentucky, and Virginia meet.
		First used by large game animals in their migratory journeys and followed by American Indians, the Cumberland Gap was the first and best avenue for settlement of the interior of this nation.
		Cumberland Gap National Historical Park is a wonderful tapestry of historical, cultural, and natural resources woven intricately together.
	gorp.away.com /gorp/resource/us_nhp/ky_cumbe.htm (1415 words)

	Albion's Seed Grows in the Cumberland Gap (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Cumberland Gap of Kentucky is a good example of the borderland-derived, backcountry culture.
		Like the borders, the Gap was a place of transience, peopled mainly by travellers on their way into the western frontiers.
		Because the Cumberland Gap, like most of the Appalachian Region, has remained so isolated and static since its settlement, it remains in many ways a testimony to the influence of borderland culture in the backcountries of America.
	xroads.virginia.edu /~UG97/albion/albion3.html (333 words)

	Old US 25E : Crossing the Cumberland Gap (RVD)
		General Morgan fortified the Gap but he, too, was forced to retreat when Confederate General Bragg brought a superior force to the Gap in 1862.
		In 1925, the Gap was included in the planning of US highways, on US 411's planned route from Bristol, VA to Corbin, KY. The Tennessee approach was not included, as it had been in the Dixie Highway.
		Cumberland Gap Mountain Spring Water is bottled from this source.
	www.us-highways.com /cgap00.htm (917 words)

	Passing the Days in Cumberland Gap
		Cumberland Gap, TN is a little town that is the central meeting point of Claiborne County,Tennessee, Lee County, Virginia, and Bell County Kentucky.
		In 1750 Dr. Thomas Walker led an expedition through Cumberland Gap to explore the area for the Loyal Land Company of Virginia which had acquired a land grant of 800,000 acres.
		I live near Cumberland Gap in an area called Gibson Station in Virginia.
	www.geocities.com /jhamroflve (261 words)

	Article - Cumberland Gap
		The Cumberland Gap was honored as a national Historic Park in 1940 and a new tunnel through the mountains will enable the Wilderness Road to one day be restored to its 1700s appearance.
		The Cumberland Gap National Historic Park encompasses more than 20,000 acres of dog-friendly forest lands in the mountains on the Kentucky-Virginia border.
		The Visitor Center for the Cumberland Gap National Historic Park is located on the Kentucky side, on US 25E.
	www.hikewithyourdog.com /Articles/CumberlandGap.html (404 words)

	Cumberland Gap National Historical Park (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Cumberland Gap National Historical Park is situated on and around Cumberland Mountain in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia.
		It was established in 1940 to preserve the historical Cumberland Gap area, one of the best passes through the Appalachian Mountains.
		The park entrance is in Middlesboro on US 25E.
	www.uky.edu /KentuckyAtlas/ky-na-cg.html (47 words)

	www.CumberlandGap.net
		Cumberland Gap, Tennessee, and the surrounding three state area.
		Cumberland Gap Inn -- 630 Brooklyn Street, is located in easy walking distance to many quaint shops and historic buildings in the village of Cumberland Gap.
		Cumberland Gap Convention Center -- 603 Colwyn Avenue, has over 3200 square feet of very nice space for a wedding reception, family reunion, class reunion, birthday party, dance, seminar, training class or a special occasion.
	www.cumberlandgap.net (281 words)

	The Cumberland Gap
		The Cumberland Gap, which measures 1,304 feet in altitude, is Nature's passage through the Cumberland Mountains between Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia.
		In the 1940's, The Cumberland Gap National Historic Park was established to protect and control the 20,000 acres of forested mountain.
		In the 1990s, the Cumberland Gap Tunnel, a four-lane twin-bore mountain tunnel 4,600 feet long, was built under the mountain to replace the dangerous Gap road.
	www.fhwa.dot.gov /infrastructure/back0204.htm (865 words)

	Cumberland Gap - Tennessee History for Kids
		The Cumberland Gap is a low point in the Cumberland Mountains where the states of Tennessee, Kentucky and Virginia all meet.
		The Cumberland Gap and some of the mountains around it is now a national historical park.
		The "saddle" of the Cumberland Gap, as it is known
	www.tnhistoryforkids.org /places/cumberland_gap (1004 words)

	The Underground World of Cumberland Gap Cave, cave, Southern & Eastern Kentucky Tourism Development Association, ...
		The Cumberland Gap National Historic Park, which is situated in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia, was a trip full of new discoveries, from history to geology.
		Used first by bison and deer in search of food, it gained significance for aboriginal groups as the key pass on the Athawominee (path of the armed ones or the Warrior's Path).
		The Warrior's Path led south from the Potomack River, across the gap, and north to the Ohio River.
	www.roadandtravel.com /adventuretravel/cumberlandcave.htm (422 words)

	CUMBERLAND GAP SITE
		The Cumberland Gap has long been used a crossing point in the Appalachian Mountains.
		The Cumberland Gap Inn is situated on the original site of the Cumberland Gap Hotel, which burned in the 1970’s.
		The Cumberland Gap Convention Center is built on the original site of the 1889 distillery.
	www.lmunet.edu /Elderhostel/cgsite.htm (431 words)

	Cumberland Gap Cabin Rentals, Cumberland Gap, Tennessee
		The Cumberland Gap is a natural passage through the Cumberland Mountains near the point where Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee meet.
		Cumberland Gap National Historical Park -- The story of the first doorway to the west is commemorated at the national park, located where the borders of Tennessee, Kentucky, and Virginia meet.
		Cumberland Gap Tunnel -- The Cumberland Gap Tunnel is a 4-lane twin-bore mountain tunnel that is 4,600 feet long, and it carries US-25E under Cumberland Gap between Tennessee and Kentucky, and it was completed in October 1996 at a cost of $280 million.
	cabins.east-tennessee.com /local.htm (886 words)

	CUMBERLAND MOUNTAIN SEGMENT
		This segment of the Cumberland Trail offers spectacular views of the Powell River Valley to the south and the Cumberland Mountain range to the north.
		The southern trailhead, Cove Lake Trailhead, serves as the terminus for the Cumberland Mountain Segment and the beginning of the Smoky Mountain Segment as the trail continues north and west across Cove Creek to Cross Mountain.
		Beginning at the historic Iron Furnace Works in the quaint town of Cumberland Gap, the trail ascends steeply 600' to the intersection with the Tri-State Marker Trail (TSM).
	www.cumberlandtrail.org /cumberland.html (809 words)

	Cumberland Gap (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The approach to Cumberland Gap, Tenn., bears many similarities to the entry to Prairie du Rocher, Ill.
		From Maine to Georgia, the Appalachian Mountains formed a wall separating the Eastern Seaboard from the rest of the Continental U.S. The one breach was at Cumberland Gap.
		To restore Cumberland Gap to its 1790's appearance, U.S. 25E was rerouted through the Cumberland Gap Tunnel, which opened in 1996.
	www.egyptian.net /~leftypen/cumberland.htm (472 words)

	Cumberland Gap - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Cumberland Gap - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Cumberland Gap, natural pass, east-central United States, in the Cumberland Mountains.
		The pass is near the point where the states of Kentucky,...
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Cumberland_Gap.html (95 words)

	Cumberland Gap: Where 3 States Meet History
		The earliest written record of the gap is credited to Dr. Thomas Walker, a Virginia physician-turned-explorer who traveled through the region in 1750 and noted "Cave Gap," named after a nearby cavern.
		Boone was already familiar with the area, having passed through the gap on hunting expeditions to Kentucky.
		With the trail wide enough only for packhorses, the journey through the Cumberland Gap was difficult and dangerous.
	www.joepayne.org /cumberlandgap.html (950 words)

	Cumberland Gap News
		Skid marks indicate that Rebecca Atkins of Cumberland Gap swerved to avoid an SUV driven by Donna Bussell of Harrogate.
		Cumberland Gap National Historical Park has marked the historical legacy of Lewis and Clark.
		CUMBERLAND GAP, Tenn. - Cumberland Gap residents will be paying more for garbage collection, following action by the town council at their October meeting.
	www.topix.net /city/cumberland-gap-tn (561 words)

	outrageGIS mapping 2006: Cumberland Gap Map
		Before pioneer explorers crossed the Gap, Native Americans were using the pass for millennia.
		Cumberland Gap switched hands four times during the Civil War.
		A old tune called "Cumberland Gap" relates the tale of a soldier stranded at the Gap after the war.
	www.outragegis.com /gap (224 words)

	Cumberland Gap
		Cumberland Gap, Claiborne County, was named for a passage in the Cumberland Mountains between Tennessee, Kentucky and Virginia, discovered in 1750 by the explorer, Dr. Thomas Walker, and named by him in honor of the Duke of Cumberland of England.
		The main highway that serves the "Gap" is U. The construction of a four- lane tunnel through the Cumberland Mountain began in early 1980 and was opened in October of 1997.
		To give you an idea of just how hard it was to be recognized as a new county I will offer another transcriptions of letters from the people of Powell's Valley trying to persuade the government that their land was worth defending.
	www.joepayne.org /gap.htm (807 words)

	Cumberland Gap
		The Cumberland Gap is a crease in the 100 mile long Cumberland Mountain ridge of Middle Silurian to Early Pennsylvanian strata.
		The Cumberland and Pine Mountain ridges are limbs of a syncline-anticline pair.
		The ramp on the hanging wall is represented by the inclined strata at Cumberland Mountain.
	www.uwm.edu /Course/geosci697-tectonic/GroupA/webpage/Cumberland_Gap.htm (329 words)

	KentuckyRoads.com - Cumberland Gap
		US 25E once passed over the Cumberland Gap through Cumberland Gap National Historical Park; however, in October 1996 the Cumberland Gap Tunnel opened and US 25E was routed under the park.
		The preacher, who was a minister for 60 years, helped campaign for the construction of the Cumberland Gap Tunnel and the elimination of the dangerous highway through the gap.
		The Cumberland Gap Tunnel Authority in the process of installing new variable message signs along the approaches to the tunnel and inside the tunnel itself.
	www.kentuckyroads.com /cumberland_gap (1211 words)

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