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	Cumberland Gap - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Cumberland Gap is a pass across the Cumberland Mountains region of the Appalachian Mountains.
		As the main east-west gap in the mountains, it was an important part of the Wilderness Road, an old Indian path which Daniel Boone widened with 35 axmen, thus opening up the western frontiers of Kentucky and Tennessee for pioneer settlement.
		The 12-mile long Cumberland Gap consists of four geologic features: (1) the Yellow Creek valley, (2) the natural gap in the Cumberland Mountain ridge, (3) the eroded gap in the Pine Mountain and (4) the 3-mile diameter impact crater in which Middlesboro, Kentucky is located.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cumberland_Gap (627 words)

	Cumberland Mountains - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cumberland Mountains is a region in the southeastern section of the Appalachian Mountains.
		It is located in western Virginia, eastern edges of Kentucky, and eastern middle Tennessee, including the Crab Orchard Mountains.
		above mean sea level is Black Mountain which is located near Lynch in Harlan County, Kentucky.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cumberland_Mountains (136 words)

	Appalachian Mountains - ninemsn Encarta
		The northern division—including the Green Mountains of Vermont and the White Mountains of New Hampshire, the highlands of Maine, the Shickshock Mountains, and the Notre Dame Mountains of Quebec—terminates in the hills of Newfoundland.
		The chief ranges of the central section are the Catskill Mountains of New York, Allegheny Mountains or Alleghenies, and Blue Ridge or Blue Ridge Mountains.
		Beginning prominently in South Mountain in Pennsylvania, it stretches south-west in greater and greater heights, through Virginia and western North Carolina, where it divides, the northern branch continuing west to Georgia as the Great Smoky Mountains, a broad mass of mountains on the border between North Carolina and Tennessee.
	au.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761560052/Applachian_Mountains.html (614 words)

	Appalachian Mountains - MSN Encarta
		The northern division—including the Green Mountains and the White Mountains, the highlands of Maine, the Shickshock Mountains, and the Notre Dame Mountains of Québec—terminates in the hills of Newfoundland and Labrador.
		Beginning prominently in South Mountain in Pennsylvania, it stretches southwest in greater and greater heights, through Virginia and western North Carolina, where it divides, the northern branch continuing west to Georgia as the Great Smoky Mountains.
		The Appalachian Mountains are heavily forested and contain deposits of iron ore, anthracite, bituminous coal, zinc, slate, limestone, asbestos, mica, granite, and emery.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761560052/Appalachian_Mountains.html (451 words)

	Sherpa Guides \| Tennessee \| The Tennessee Mountains \| Upper Cumberland Plateau
		The Cumberland Plateau is the name given to the southern part of the Appalachian Plateau that extends from the western border of New York through Tennessee into central Alabama.
		It is a 2,000-foot high, sandstone-capped tableland bordered on the east by the Valley of East Tennessee, and on the west by the Eastern Highland Rim.
		The Upper Cumberland Plateau is bracketed on the west by the western escarpment of the plateau; on the east by the eastern escarpment consisting of Walden Ridge and Cumberland Mountain; on the south by Interstate 40; and on the north by the Tennessee/Kentucky/Virginia state lines.
	sherpaguides.com /tennessee/upper_cumberland_plateau (1896 words)

	Sherpa Guides \| Tennessee \| The Tennessee Mountains \| Upper Cumberland Plateau \| Cumberland Gap
		Cumberland Mountain rose faster than the creek could wear it down and eventually the creek was diverted northward into the Cumberland River.
		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)

	Bell Tower Building
		Cumberland's landscape is dotted with many church spires, such as that belonging to Emanuel Episcopal Church, but the skyline is dominated by the Allegany County Courthouse, one of the many buildings that reflects the city's civic history.
		Free fls in Cumberland were no different than their counterparts in other large and growing Northern cities, and in 1847, after worshiping for years from the balcony of Cumberland's Methodist Episcopal Centre Street Church, a group of free fls decided to leave the predominantly white congregation and organize their own church.
		Cumberland was still without a new station house nearly ten years later when the chosen lot was purchased by Jacob Humbrid, a prosperous railroad contractor for the Baltimore and Ohio.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/cumberland/text.htm (13771 words)

	Prehistoric Trails in the Upper Cumberland River Basin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The upper Cumberland is that portion of the river which extends from the Cumberland Falls, on the present boundary of Whitley and McCreary counties, eastward to the river's source in southwestern Letcher County, located only a few miles east of the Harlan County line.
		The upper Cumberland River basin is in the Cumberland Plateau section of the Cumberland/Allegheny Plateau Province.
		The Cumberland River drains portions of two subregions of the Province: The Cumberland Mountains subregion and the Mountain and Creek Bottom subregion.
	www.cumberlandcollege.edu /academics/history/upsilonian/files/vol7/ChuckDupier95.html (4898 words)

	Credits
		Cumberland's coal mines were constructed with horizontal shafts, far less dangerous that the vertical mines of Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
		Cumberland blossomed as a result, the downtown commercial area thrived, and impressive residences built around the city reflected individual prosperity.
		Cumberland Steel Company, now operated by George Wyckoff, was established in 1892 by the McKaig family, whose Greek Revival mansion still stands on Washington Street.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/cumberland/history.htm (1358 words)

	Cumberland Plateau and Cumberland Mountains - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Cumberland Plateau and Cumberland Mountains, upland region of the south-eastern United States and the south-western division of the...
		The Blue Ridge range is the principal uplift of the Appalachians.
		Beginning prominently in South Mountain in Pennsylvania, it stretches south-west in...
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Cumberland_Plateau_and_Cumberland_Mountains.html (124 words)

	Lake Cumberland Kentucky
		Lake Cumberland is a part of the chain of lakes in Kentucky and Tennessee constructed by the Tennessee Valley Authority and the Army Corps of Engineers.
		With an average water depth of 90 feet, it is one of the deepest of the lakes in the Tennessee and Cumberland River valleys.
		The Cumberland river itself rises in hundreds of deep coves, valleys and hollows far to the east in the Cumberland Mountains and flows westward through the Daniel Boone National Forest taking the deep plunge that is called Cumberland Falls.
	www.kyphilom.com /www/lakecumb.html (1043 words)

	Wapiti Newsletter - Looking forward to Cumberland Mountains Conservation Initiative (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The Cumberland Mountains, like many areas in the eastern United States, suffered from abuse and exploitation in the 200 years since Daniel Boone first blazed a trail for pioneers migrating from the East in the late 1700s.
		From the famed Cumberland Gap, near the spot where Virginia, Tennessee and Kentucky join, Boone could see a vast, unspoiled area west of the Cumberland Mountains – forestlands mixed with native prairies hosting numerous herds of deer, elk and buffalo.
		State wildlife agencies and the Elk Foundation are developing the Cumberland Mountains Conservation Initiative (CMCI) to permanently protect and enhance habitat for elk and other wildlife.
	www.rmef.org /wapiti/spring03Cumberland.html (414 words)

	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 (625 words)

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		This section is devoted to photos that I have taken of waterfalls in the Cumberland Mountains.
		The Cumberland Mountains are a general, catch-all name for the hills that run through North Georgia, East Tennessee, North Carolina, Kentucky, and even into Pennsylvania.
		In Tennessee these hills are known as the Highland Rim of Tennessee, the Cumberland Plateau, The Sequatchie Valley and ridge system (a part of the Cumberland Plateau that is disconnected to the rest by the Sequatchie River and it's valley), the Appalachian Mountains, and of course, the Great Smokey Mountains.
	www.cumberlandadventures.com /fall/fallwelcome.html (424 words)

	Crossing the Cumberland Mountains, Chapter 2 of 'A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf' by John Muir (1916) - The Writings ...
		Toward the top of the Cumberland grade, about two hours before sundown I came to a log house, and as I had been warned that all the broad plateau of the range for forty or fifty miles was desolate, I began thus early to seek a lodging for the night.
		But those of the eastern valleys of the Cumberland Mountains are as perfect in form and regal in port as the pines themselves.
		Thus a multitude of short, resounding cataracts are produced, and the river is restrained from the headlong speed due to its volume and the inclination of its bed.
	www.sierraclub.org /john_muir_exhibit/writings/a_thousand_mile_walk_to_the_gulf/chapter_2.html (4693 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)

	Lakes and Mountains in Cumberland and Westmoreland
		This ridge has been called "a mountain in decay," and in fact, masses that have long ago fallen from its heights are scattered all over the hill-sides, and pieces of rock still roll from it into the deep waters below, with a sound that can be heard more than a mile off.
		Scafell, as we have said, is higher by ninety feet than Helvellyn, but the latter mountain has long taken its place in the public imagination as the chief English mountain, and it is in truth a noble one, though but a hill compared with the Swiss Alps.
		There is a fine view of the mountain as we enter Grisedale Valley, and on reaching the foot we find a fairly good road up to the summit of a ridge that leads to the top of Helvellyn.
	www.mspong.org /picturesque/lakes_cumberland.html (3523 words)

	Cumberland Gap National Historical Park - Cumberland Gap National Historical Park (U.S. National Park Service)
		At Cumberland Gap, the first great gateway to the west, follow the buffalo, the Native American, the longhunter, the pioneer...
		The forests and streams of the mountains provide habitat for numerous species of plants and animals.
		Although Cumberland Gap is designated a national historical park, 14,000 of its 20,000+ acres have been proposed, and are managed, as wilderness.
	www.nps.gov /cuga (354 words)

	Rev. Robert Donnell, 1784-1855
		To this class belongs the Rev. Robert Donnell, one of the Father's of the Cumberland Presbyterian church; and as an humble tribute to his memory, this sketch is presented to the church, and the world, at the request of his bereaved family.
		The pu;pit, with the Holy Volume resting upon it, the front of the gallery, and various other portions of the house were tastefully draped in mourning; the tribute, as I am informed, of friends who thus appropriately expressed their respect for the dead, and their sympathy with the bereaved.
		At the first meeting of the Cumberland Presbytery, after its constitution on the 4th of February, 1810, his name appears on the record as a candidate for the ministry.
	www.cumberland.org /hfcpc/minister/DonnellR.htm (9960 words)

	Tennessee Hiking Guide to the Cumberland Trail With Maps/Pics
		As a public-private partnership, the CT is being built and maintained by a cooperative effort of the Cumberland Trail Conference (CTC) and the state of Tennessee.
		Hike 50 miles of the Cumberland Trail; hikes may be of any length, and there is no time limit to accumulating the 50 miles.
		This means that the recently constructed parts of the Cumberland Trail are still relatively uncrowded, and present an opportunity for solitude and a unique wilderness experience rare in the eastern US for more adventureous hikers.
	www.cumberlandtrail.org (832 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)

	Fire Department - Cumberland, Maryland
		Cumberland is 130 miles southeast of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 140 miles west of Baltimore, Maryland, and 140 miles northwest of Washington, D.C. The Cumberland Fire Department is a career department with 65 members consisting of one Fire Chief, one Administrative Assistant, five Deputy Chiefs, three Captains, nine Lieutenants, eighteen Equipment Operators, and 28 Firefighters.
		The Cumberland Fire Department is currently staffed with 48 emergency medical technicians and 15 paramedics.
		The Cumberland Fire Department operates from three fire stations, six pumpers, one aerial tower, one rescue truck, one command unit and four advanced life support ambulances.
	www.ci.cumberland.md.us /dept/firemsg/firemsg.html (210 words)

	Cumberland (river) - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Cumberland (river) - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		It rises in the Cumberland Plateau, south-eastern Kentucky, near the border with Virginia, and...
		Cumberland Plateau and Cumberland Mountains, upland region of the south-eastern United States and the south-western division of the Appalachian...
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Cumberland_(river).html (105 words)

	Inns in the Mountains - Bed & Breakfast Inns ONLINE- Travel * Lodging * Bed and Breakfasts * Country Inns
		Come, visit us in the the mountains and listen to the creek that flows through the small quaint town of Cumberland Gap.
		Mountain Chalet at the crest of a mountain, just minutes from skiing, hiking, golf, and all Smoky Mountain activities.
		This relaxing mountain retreat is for guests that are looking for a quiet romantic getaway in the Great Smoky Mountains.
	www.bbonline.com /tn/mountain.html (855 words)

	Cumberland Trail
		The Cumberland Trail is a 283-mile-long footpath along the eastern edge of the Cumberland Mountains, running from Cumberland Gap to Signal Point, just above Chattanooga, Tennessee.
		The Cumberland Trail features a lot of custom-pressed LP album cuts -- the kind that Round Up and County Sales never got their hands on.
		Since 1976, I've recorded and presented musicians from the Cumberland Mountains for the Library of Congress, the Smithsonian Institution, the Tennessee State Library and Archives, the Tennessee Arts Commission, the Tennessee Bureau of State Parks, and for County Records, the Tennessee Folklore Society label, and several other small labels.
	www.wdvx.com /programs/Trail.html (429 words)

	Audubon Science - Important Bird Areas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The mountains here are some of the highest in Tennessee west of the Great Smoky Mountains, with more than 14 mountain peaks eclipsing 3000 feet.
		The Southern Cumberland Mountains also harbor one of the most important concentrations of WatchListed Golden-winged Warblers in the southeastern United States.
		The avifauna of the Southern Cumberland Mountains also includes disjunct nesting populations of species typically associated with higher elevation forests of the Southern Blue Ridge.
	www.audubon.org /bird/iba/tn.html (740 words)

	ATLAS OF AMPHIBIANS IN TENNESSEE
		Presumably disjunct populations occur in the Bays Mountains, on Clinch Mountain, in scattered areas of the Appalachian Ridge and Valley, and in a cedar glade in the Inner Central Basin.
		Distribution and Habitat: The mountain dusky salamander is known from the Blue Ridge Mountains, Cumberland Mountains, Cumberland Plateau, and from Bays Mountain in the Appalachian Ridge and Valley.
		Populations are known from bottomland habitats in West Tennessee eastward to the forests and balds along the crest of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
	www.apsu.edu /amatlas/plethodontidae.HTM (7643 words)

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