Digital Library of Appalachia

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Watt's Hotel at Cumberland Gap / [unknown].
Buildings -- Tennessee -- Cumberland Gap.; Cumberland Gap (Tenn.) -- History.; Cumberland Gap (Tenn.) -- Photographs.; Watt's Hotel (Cumberland Gap, Tenn.)
This photograph shows the Watt's Hotel at Cumberland Gap, Tennessee. The mounted articles states that the "hotel was built by English prospectors circa 1887, and destroyed by fire in 1912." The article continues: The names of the men...
Lincoln Memorial University

Cumberland Gap / [published by D. Appleton & Co.
Cumberland Gap (Ky. and Va.) -- History.; Cumberland Gap (Tenn.) -- History.; Fenn, Harry -- 1838-1911.; Hunt, Samuel Valentine -- 1803-1893.
This engraving of Cumberland Gap was engraved by S.V. Hunt, after a painting by Harry Fenn, an artist and illustrator. It shows the region that the pioneer explorer Daniel Boone traversed when the region was primarily a wilderness in the 1770's. ...
Lincoln Memorial University

[Cumberland Gap tourist station and souvenir shop] / by [unknown].
Cumberland Gap (Ky. and Va.) -- History.; Cumberland Gap (Tenn.) -- Photographs.; Cumberland Gap (Tenn.) -- Tourism.
This photograph shows the mountain road leading up to the "Pinnacle" of the Cumberland Gap region overlooking the surrounding tri-states of Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee.
Lincoln Memorial University

Harrogate on the Dixie Highway / [unknown].
Cumberland Gap (Ky. and Va.) -- History.; Cumberland Gap (Tenn.) -- History.; Cumberland Mountains -- History.
An article from the "Mountain Herald," about the new areas and attractions opened up by the Route "A" Dixie Highway and the Boone Trail through the Cumberland Mountains. The natural attractions of Cumberland Gap, including the...
Lincoln Memorial University

The background of Lincoln Memorial University / [unknown]. In Mountain herald / Lincoln Memorial University.
Arthur, Alexander A. ; Cumberland Gap (Ky. and Va.) -- History.; Cumberland Gap (Tenn.) -- History.; Lincoln Memorial University (Harrogate, Tenn.) -- History.; Walker, Thomas -- 1715-1794.
An article from the "Mountain Herald" about the influences that worked towards the development of Lincoln Memorial University. The Cumberland Gap area is where Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee intersect. Possible visitors to the...
Lincoln Memorial University

Cumberland Gap / [unknown].
Cumberland Gap (Tenn.) -- Photographs.; Historic sites -- Tennessee -- Cumberland Gap.
This photograph of the township of Cumberland Gap, Tennessee was taken facing east. Main Street is parallel to the viewer, to the right of center. Railroad tracks travel north-south in the lower portion of the photo. Written below the railroad...
Lincoln Memorial University

The problem of the mountains / [unknown]. In Mountain herald / Lincoln Memorial University.
Cumberland Gap (Ky. and Va.) -- History.; Cumberland Gap (Tenn.) -- History.; Historic sites -- Tennessee -- Cumberland Gap.; Lincoln Memorial University (Harrogate, Tenn.)
An article from the "Mountain Herald," about the one section of the United States that has remained for the most part undeveloped: the mountain section of the South-the Appalachian region. The Cumberland Gap area is located at the...
Lincoln Memorial University

Groundhog
Banjos; Fiddle music;
Jerry Dewitt plays a banjo tune with Jim Robertson on fiddle during an interview with Kip Lornell. The banjo is dominant, with the fiddle sound barely perceptable. This version of Groundhog is identical to Cumberland Gap.
Ferrum College

Autobiography of John C. Shaw
Education
A self-published autobiography of John C. Shaw, educator and former president of West Liberty Normal School (now West Liberty State College) from 1908-1919.
West Virginia Wesleyan College

July 17, 1862 Letter from Mary Hervey to her sister
Civil War; Family; Horseback riding; Hotels
This is a letter written by Mary Hervey to her sister. The letter was written in Cumberland Maryland. It mentions that General Kelly, who was married to one of the Goshorn daughters, was staying in the same hotel as Mrs. Hervey. The letter also...
Wheeling Jesuit University

[Train wreck of the Knoxville, Cumberland Gap and Louisville Railroad in 1889] / [unknown].
Knoxville, Cumberland Gap, and Louisville Railroad Company. ; Railroad accidents.
This photograph shows a train wreck outside of Knoxville, Tennessee, in the year 1889. The railroad line was the short-lived Knoxville, Cumberland Gap and Louisville (KCG&L) Railroad. Several prominent Knoxvillians were killed in this horrific...
Lincoln Memorial University

[Cumberland Gap township scene] / [unknown].
Cumberland Gap (Tenn.) -- Photographs.
This photograph of the township of Cumberland Gap, Tennessee, shows community members gathered at the entrance to one of the stores and local. It is probable that a special event, such as a speech or festivity has just occurred, as there are...
Lincoln Memorial University

[View of Cumberland Gap and the railroad line] / by [unknown].
Cumberland Gap (Tenn.) -- Photographs.
This photograph shows an area of the township of Cumberland Gap, Tennessee. This is the mountainous region where the famous pioneer "Wilderness Road" is formed at the entrance into Kentucky.
Lincoln Memorial University

[Cumberland Gap community road and adjoining railroad] / [unknown].
Cumberland Gap (Tenn.) -- Photographs.
This photograph of a community road and adjoining railroad line is adjacent to the township of Cumberland Gap, Tennessee; it shows the gravel road with homes in the upper quadrant, with electric poles are evident towards the central area of the...
Lincoln Memorial University

Picturesque Cumberland Gap Tennessee / [unknown].
Cumberland Gap (Tenn.) -- Photographs.
This is a photograph of the picturesque Cumberland Gap, Tennessee, looking east. The old mill is in the center, across from a warehouse. In the background is the Methodist Church; on the left corner is the depot on Colwyns Street.
Lincoln Memorial University

Pioneers / [unknown]. In Mountain herald / Lincoln Memorial University.
Boone, Daniel -- 1734-1820.; Cumberland Gap (Ky. and Va.) -- History.; Cumberland Gap (Tenn.) -- History.; Lincoln Memorial University (Harrogate, Tenn.)
An article from the "Mountain Herald" about Lincoln Memorial University as a "living memorial to Abraham Lincoln" in the famous area of Cumberland Gap: where the states of Virginia, Tennessee and Kentucky intersect. It was...
Lincoln Memorial University

Daniel Boone Trail / [unknown]. In Mountain herald / Lincoln Memorial University.
Daniel Boone Wilderness Trail.; Boone, Daniel -- 1734-1820.; Pioneers; Cumberland Gap (Tenn.) -- History.; Cumberland Mountains -- History.;
In September 1927, various members of the Boone Family Association traveled along the Boone Trail from Asheville, N.C. to Boonesborough, KY. On September 3, they stopped and studied the artifacts at Lincoln Memorial University, set up as an...
Lincoln Memorial University

Dipping into the past / [unknown]. In Mountain herald / Lincoln Memorial University.
Cumberland Gap (Tenn.) -- History.; Lincoln Memorial University (Harrogate, Tenn.); Middlesboro (Ky.) -- History.
An article from the "Mountain Herald," about the historical background of the Cumberland Gap region after the Civil War prior to the founding of Lincoln Memorial University in 1897. This history of the region includes the entrepreneurial...
Lincoln Memorial University

Religious address by Hon. Williams Jennings Bryan / [unknown]. In Mountain herald / Lincoln Memorial University.
Bryan, William Jennings -- 1860-1925.; Clay, Henry -- 1777-1852.; Cumberland Gap (Ky. and Va.) -- History.; Cumberland Gap (Tenn.) -- History.; Lincoln Memorial University (Harrogate, Tenn.) -- History.
An article from the "Mountain Herald," about the religious address of Hon. William Jennings Bryan, the noted orator and political leader, at Lincoln Memorial University on June 5, 1921. Since a vast crowd of people arrived in cars,...
Lincoln Memorial University

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