Cumberland Gap
a pass in the Cumberland Mountains at the junction of the Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee boundaries. 1,315 feet (401 meters) high.
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How to use Cumberland Gap in a sentence
Eastern companies were taking up principalities, and at Cumberland Gap, those helmeted Englishmen had acquired a kingdom.
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine | John Fox, Jr.We went on through Cumberland Gap to Knoxville, where we had a snowstorm.
Terry's Texas Rangers | Leonidas B. GilesSoon they came to Cumberland Gap, a narrow mountain valley which led into Kentucky.
Daniel Boone | Katharine E. WilkieWas the loss of Cumberland Gap a trivial matter, and did it in fact not cut in two our great strategic front?
Kincaid's Battery | George W. CableThe story of their expedition through Cumberland Gap, and their long hunt, is now familiar to readers of Western history.
Chronicles of Border Warfare | Alexander Scott Withers
Cultural definitions for Cumberland Gap
Pass through the Cumberland Mountains between Virginia and Kentucky that was used by early settlers to move west.
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