Daniel Boone was noted for leading settlers into KY through the gap.
Daniel Boone discovered the cumberland gap!!!!
the Wilderness road was built through the Cumberland gap
Daniel Boone lead settlers through the 'Cumberland Gap' to forge the 'Wilderness Trail' to open up travel to the west.
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They crossed it by riding trains or wagons over the mountains.
The Cumberland Gap is a V-shaped passage through the Appalachian Mountains at the intersection of Kentucky, Virginia and Tennessee.
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The Cumberland Gap is a narrow pass in the Cumberland Mountains, which is in the Appalachian Mountains of the the USA.
The first white explorer to locate the Cumberland Gap was Dr. Thomas Walker in 1750 during an expedition through the region. He named the pass after the Duke of Cumberland.
it was a passage through mountain terrain.
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