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  • NOVEMBER 26 CUMBERLAND GAP PINNACLE The elevation of the Gap is 1649 feet and the Pinnacle is 2860 feet. The first white men to pass through Cumberland Gap were Dr. Thomas Walker, an English explorer, with seven companions, in 1750. They named the place in honor of the Duke of Cumberland. Daniel Boone crossed the Gap in 1769, and in 1775 marked a trail through it from Virginia to the Ohio River. The first wagon road was built through the Gap in 1796 by the Governor of Virginia, and called the "Wilderness Road". During the Civil War the Gap was an important gateway between North and South and was fortified and occupied by the Confederates until June 1862, when they withdrew as the Federal army approached; but the Gap changed hands twice more before the close of the war. The trenches and other fortifications are still visible. Several States can be looked into from the Pinnacle; also Middlesboro and Fern Lake from where it gets its water supply; Cumberland Gan, Tennessee, and Lincoln Memorial University. There is a Lincoln Museum in connection with the latter that can be seen by those interested. Frank O. Lowden, former Governor of Illinois, said: "I have traveled in all parts of the World, and the view from the Pinnacle compares with the best I have seen." Leave Dixie System at 8:00 a. m. Take canteen and food for one meal. Round trip driving distance, 120 miles; hiking, 4 miles. Leaders: GLENN STUBLEY (3-4567) CHARLOTTE FLOYD (3-2087) 61
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