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Gap Cave
Gap Cave is located just underneath Pinnacle Overlook in the Cumberland Gap National Historical Park, Lee County, Virginia. Currently, the cave has a surveyed length of 18.5 miles and is the 42nd longest cave in the United States and 154th in the world. There are six known entrances: the Gap Cave Entrance (also known as the King Solomons Cave Entrance), an artificial entrance, known as the Cudjo's Cave Entrance, the Stream Entrance, the Soldiers Cave Entrance, the Big Saltpeter Cave Entrance, and the Wellhole. All lead into the same cave, Gap Cave. History Throughout the years Gap Cave has had many names. It was named first by Dr. Thomas Walker in 1750, who named it ''Gap Cave''. Walker was the Legal guardian, guardian of young Thomas Jefferson after Jefferson's father's death. Daniel Boone passed through Cumberland Gap in 1775 and must have also seen the cave's entrance. Boone and his contemporary, an African American, Monk Estill, are the first on record to have made gunp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ewing, Virginia
Ewing is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lee County, Virginia. The population was 439 at the 2010 U.S. Census. Ewing is one of the westernmost settlements in the Commonwealth of Virginia, before reaching the Cumberland Gap and the borders with Kentucky and Tennessee. The Ewing post office was established in 1891. Ewing is home to Thomas Walker High School and the Lincoln Memorial University Veterinarian Teaching and Research Center. Geography Ewing is located in western Lee County at (36.640738, −83.431908). It is south of the Kentucky border which follows the crest of Cumberland Mountain, and less than north of the Tennessee border. U.S. Route 58 passes through the center of town, leading east to Jonesville, the Lee county seat, and west to Cumberland Gap, Tennessee. Ewing is southwest of Richmond, the capital of Virginia. According to the United States Census Bureau, the Ewing CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.06%, are wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |