cumberland gap

there were various iterations of trails and roads across cumberland gap, with this particular section dating to 1907 --- by the late twentieth century, the gap was a big ol' mess, and in the 1990s tunnels were bored through the mountain, the road over the gap removed, and the landscape is being very slowly returned to its appearance 200 years ago

daniel boone is credited with blazing the trail across cumberland gap before the revolution, although he was often using ancient indian paths and animal trails as a guide --- after the revolution, hundreds of thousands of emigrants passed through the gap on their way to tennessee, kentucky, and beyond

the exposed rock of the pinnacles on the northeast side of the gap was a major landmark for travelers