Cumberland Gap
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This lithograph, printed in the 1870s, show a perhaps exaggerated view of the formidable terrain that early explorers encountered as they passed through the Cumberland Gap. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.
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Cumberland Gap
Historical marker #2217 at Cumberland Gap commemorates the exploits of famed explorers Lewis and Clark, who passed through the Cumberland Gap in 1806. This marker also serves as a reminder for Boone Trace, which traversed this section of the…