Cumberland Gap
Noun
Meaning
a pass through the Cumberland Mountains between Virginia and Kentucky that early settlers used in order to move west
Source: WordNetExamples
Breakdown Having succeeded Anderson at Louisville, Sherman now had principal military responsibility for Kentucky, a border state in which Confederate troops held Columbus and Bowling Green and were present near the Cumberland Gap.
A narrow pass through the Cumberland Mountains, the Cumberland Gap was used by Native Americans and pioneers.
Arguably, the most important historical figure is Daniel Boone — the famed frontiersman and pioneer of the Cumberland Gap and Wilderness Road region.
Other westward migrants continued south from Frederick to Roanoke along the Great Wagon Road, crossing the Appalachians into Kentucky and Tennessee at the Cumberland Gap near the Virginia/North Carolina border.
The Cumberland Gap Artists Co-op will present the HARVEST MOON GALA from 4-9 p.m. on Oct. 14 on Colwyn Avenue in Cumberland Gap, Tennessee featuring local art and crafts, live music, good food, wine tasting and Christmas and fall bazaar tents.
The Cumberland Gap Panthers played Grainger County during the opening game of the 2018 Blue Ridge Athletic Conference district baseball tournament May 5 and sent them home for the season with a 4-2 victory in extra innings.