1, The Cumberland Gap is a natural pass in the Cumberland Plateau situated near the intersection of Kentucky, Virginia and Tennessee.

2, About 20 miles from the Cumberland Gap, Boone and his party rested at Martin's Station, a settlement near what is now Rose Hill, Virginia that had been founded by Joseph Martin in 1769.

3, Today, the Cumberland Gap is a national historic park and is the site of the remains of Civil War fortifications.

4, Cumberland Gap later became part of the National Parks System, and portions of the Wilderness Road were included in Wilderness Road State Park.

5, Boone first ventured through the Cumberland Gap on a hunting expedition in 1767.

6, In 1940, 32 square miles (83 square km) of the plateau, with the gap as the central feature,(http:///cumberland gap.html) were authorized to be set aside as the Cumberland Gap National Historical Park.

7, Before his release, Arthur became the first white settler known to have crossed through the Cumberland Gap using part of what would become the Wilderness Road.

8, It is located near the point where Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee meet between Middlesboro, Kentucky, and the town of Cumberland Gap, Tennessee.

9, To that end, they hired Boone, the white man considered to have the most knowledge of the existing trails, to blaze a new trail through the Cumberland Gap.

10, There are 3 states in the famous National Park: Lincoln Birthplace National Memorial Park, Ma Mosi Cave National Park and the Cumberland Gap National park.