........Rolling in a RV - Wheelchair Traveling...... - Cumberland Gap NHP

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  By the late 1700s all of the good farmland east of the Appalachian Mountains was taken. Western migration was blocked by the mountains, by treaties with the Indian tribes and by the French who controlled the Ohio River valley. After the French and Indian War France ceded much of their land holdings to Britain, new treaties were made with the Indians and, with the American Revolution, the land became part of the US . Getting over the mountains to the western territories was still difficult as there were few passes through the mountains so Cumberland Gap became very important. It was only 300’ above the surrounding terrain and had been used by bison and native tribes for centuries. Between 1776 and 1810 200,000 to 300,000 migran ...Read more...

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