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1. N 36° 34.882 W 083° 39.463
A GREAT School is Lincoln Memorial Univeristy in Harrogate, TN. http://www.lmunet.edu/.
Lincoln Memorial University grew out of love and respect for Abraham Lincoln and today honors his name, values, and spirit. As the legend goes, in 1863 Lincoln suggested to General O. O. Howard, a Union officer, that when the Civil War ended he hoped General Howard would organize a great university for the people of this area.
On a visit to the area to give a series of lectures at the Harrow School, General O. O. Howard remembered his commitment to fulfill Lincoln's request and he joined Reverend Myers, M. F. Overton, C. F. Eager, A. B. Kesterson, and M. Arthur in establishing Lincoln Memorial University. That group, along with Robert F. Patterson, a Confederate veteran, became a board of directors and purchased The Four Seasons property. In commemoration of Lincoln's birthday, the institution was chartered by the State of Tennessee on February 12, 1897, as Lincoln Memorial University.
2. N 36° 34.837 W 083° 39.444
A great school is named after a GREAT MAN, President Abraham Lincoln and this statue sits out front of the school.
3. N 36° 36.200 W 083° 41.060
A GREAT ENDEAVOUR by many men and women. It is great Cumberland Gap Tunnel.
The Cumberland Gap is an area where many pioneers and settlers passed through to head north and west.
The Cumberland Gap has been in use for foot traffic since before Europeans colonized America. The earliest records of American use of the gap occur in 1769, when Daniel Boone explored the area. In 1775 he blazed a trail known as "Boone's Path" or Boone's Road". By 1779, Daniel Boone's blazed trail would be a primary route used by settlers moving into Kentucky and Tennessee. By 1796 the name "Wilderness Road" had came into common usage.
Up until 1996 this used to be an endevour all in its self. Until a great project was undertaken and the Cumberland Gap tunnel was built.
The Cumberland Gap Tunnel is a 4-lane twin-bore mountain tunnel that is 4,600 feet long, and it carries US-25E under Cumberland Gap between Tennessee and Kentucky, and it was completed in October 1996 at a cost of $280 million.
http://www.efl.fhwa.dot.gov/projects/cumgap/cumbgap.htm
http://www.us-highways.com/cgap01.htm
http://www.roadstothe future.com/Cumberland_Gap.Html
[This entry was edited by KPeb on Friday, May 27, 2005 at 6:19:21 PM.]
A GREAT School is Lincoln Memorial Univeristy in Harrogate, TN. http://www.lmunet.edu/.
Lincoln Memorial University grew out of love and respect for Abraham Lincoln and today honors his name, values, and spirit. As the legend goes, in 1863 Lincoln suggested to General O. O. Howard, a Union officer, that when the Civil War ended he hoped General Howard would organize a great university for the people of this area.
On a visit to the area to give a series of lectures at the Harrow School, General O. O. Howard remembered his commitment to fulfill Lincoln's request and he joined Reverend Myers, M. F. Overton, C. F. Eager, A. B. Kesterson, and M. Arthur in establishing Lincoln Memorial University. That group, along with Robert F. Patterson, a Confederate veteran, became a board of directors and purchased The Four Seasons property. In commemoration of Lincoln's birthday, the institution was chartered by the State of Tennessee on February 12, 1897, as Lincoln Memorial University.
2. N 36° 34.837 W 083° 39.444
A great school is named after a GREAT MAN, President Abraham Lincoln and this statue sits out front of the school.
3. N 36° 36.200 W 083° 41.060
A GREAT ENDEAVOUR by many men and women. It is great Cumberland Gap Tunnel.
The Cumberland Gap is an area where many pioneers and settlers passed through to head north and west.
The Cumberland Gap has been in use for foot traffic since before Europeans colonized America. The earliest records of American use of the gap occur in 1769, when Daniel Boone explored the area. In 1775 he blazed a trail known as "Boone's Path" or Boone's Road". By 1779, Daniel Boone's blazed trail would be a primary route used by settlers moving into Kentucky and Tennessee. By 1796 the name "Wilderness Road" had came into common usage.
Up until 1996 this used to be an endevour all in its self. Until a great project was undertaken and the Cumberland Gap tunnel was built.
The Cumberland Gap Tunnel is a 4-lane twin-bore mountain tunnel that is 4,600 feet long, and it carries US-25E under Cumberland Gap between Tennessee and Kentucky, and it was completed in October 1996 at a cost of $280 million.
http://www.efl.fhwa.dot.gov/projects/cumgap/cumbgap.htm
http://www.us-highways.com/cgap01.htm
http://www.roadstothe future.com/Cumberland_Gap.Html
[This entry was edited by KPeb on Friday, May 27, 2005 at 6:19:21 PM.]
