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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ITB_three-states-cornerstone_Cumberland-Gap-TN.html
The cornerstone for Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee is on Three States Peak. The first Virgina - North Carolina (later Tennessee) boundary at this point was surveyed in 1779 by Dr. Thomas Walker and Col. Richard Henderson. The present line and c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ISZ_cumberland-gap_Cumberland-Gap-TN.html
First explored, 1750; Long Hunters used it until 1760, and Daniel Boone in 1769, cutting the Wilderness Trail through it in 1775. Hosts of pioneers followed even before the road was built in 1796. Postal service was established in 1795 and a post …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ISX_harrow-school_Cumberland-Gap-TN.html
Founded by Rev. & Mrs. A. A. Myers in 1890. First classes held in basement of Congregational Church on site of present Cumberland Gap School; later moved 1/2 mile west to Harrow Hall. Operated as a division of its successor, Lincoln Memorial Unive…
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