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Place Name
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Cumberland Gap Historic Park
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Place Status (Type)
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national park
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Location
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Lee County, Kentucky (KY), United States, North America
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Latitude
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unknown
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Longitude
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unknown
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Cumberland Gap Historic Park
, national historical park (20,274
acres/8,205 ha), Bell and Harlan cos., Ky., Claiborne co.,
Tenn., and Lee co., Va.; elev. 1,631 ft/497 m.
Mt. pass, 800 ft/244 m deep,
(Ky.-Va. state line) of the Wilderness Road used by
pioneers, which followed the Warriors Path primarily used by American
Indians. Includes Hemsley settlement, restored 1904 farmstead.
Cumberland Gap Tunnel Project (completed 1996); U.S. Highway 25E and RR
pass through. Authorized 1940.
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