• The Swannanoa Gap is a pass in the eastern United States through the Blue Ridge Mountains to the Asheville plateau. The pass sits on the Buncombe-McDowell...
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  • Swannanoa may refer to: in New Zealand Swannanoa, New Zealand, in North Canterbury, New Zealand in the United States Swannanoa Gap, a pass through the...
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    The Swannanoa River flows through the Swannanoa Valley of the region of Western North Carolina, and is a major tributary to the French Broad River. Its...
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    likely been hunting in the Black Mountains for thousands of years. At Swannanoa Gap, just south of the range, archaeologists have uncovered evidence of...
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    Swannanoa is an Italian Renaissance Revival villa built in 1912 by millionaire and philanthropist James H. Dooley (1841–1922) above Rockfish Gap on the...
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    to Morganton. The Swannanoa River flows from east to west through the town, rising just 3 miles (5 km) to the east at Swannanoa Gap on the crest of the...
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    Lake Swannanoa is a residential lake community located within Jefferson Township, in Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is within the...
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    Bypass in 1992. The highest point is at 2,786 feet (849 m), located at Swannanoa Gap, and the lowest point is at 15 feet (4.6 m), located at the Pender–New...
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    ascending the 7.5 miles of track and six tunnels that peaks at the top of Swannanoa Gap because it could be seen several times along the route. The Round Knob...
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    is a popular paved greenway ascending almost 1,000 feet through the Swannanoa Gap in just under 3.6 miles (5.8 km). Old Fort has six elected officials:...
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    Carolina, United States. Located at the confluence of the French Broad and Swannanoa rivers, it is the most populous city in Western North Carolina, and the...
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    Skinners Gap – West Virginia Smugglers Notch – Vermont Snickers Gap – Virginia Soco Gap – North Carolina Stony Clove Notch – New York Swannanoa Gap – North...
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    1880 had led to completion of the Western North Carolina Railroad to Swannanoa Gap (on the Buncombe/McDowell county line and the division between the Atlantic...
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    Carolina militia of Griffith Rutherford. Rutherford's militia traversed Swannanoa Gap in the Blue Ridge on September 1, and reached the outskirts of the Out...
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    across several settlements in western North Carolina, such as Asheville, Swannanoa, Spruce Pine, Chimney Rock, Montreat, Lake Lure, and several others. As...
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  • Camp Branch is a 1.54 mi (2.48 km) long 2nd order tributary to the Swannanoa River in Buncombe County, North Carolina. Camp Branch rises about 1 mile...
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  • Mocksville, N.C., April 11. Salisbury April 12. Catawba River April 17. Swannanoa Gap, N.C., April 20. Near Hendersonville April 23. Duty in eastern Tennessee...
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    of I-40, as it goes through Swannanoa and Black Mountain. At Ridgecrest, US 70 merges with I-40 (exit 65). At Swannanoa Gap it crosses the Eastern Continental...
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  • near Mocksville April 11. Salisbury April 12. Catawba River April 17. Swannanoa Gap April 22. Near Hendersonville April 23. Duty in District of East Tennessee...
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  • 2012. ISBN 978-0-8131-3468-0. pp. 133-135. Swannanoa Gap, North Carolina (April 20, 1865), Howard's Gap, North Carolina (April 22, 1865) and Hendersonville...
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  • April 11. Salisbury April 12. Catawba River near Morgantown April 17. Swannanoa Gap, N.C., April 20. Near Hendersonville April 23. Duty in District of East...
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    the three groups traveled through the Blue Ridge Mountains at the Swannanoa Gap, passed up the valley of Hominy Creek, and crossed the Pigeon River...
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    Morganton, April 17–19; Marion, April 20; Swannanoa Gap, (the Army was blocked there and went around to Howard's Gap) April 20; Hendersonville, April 24; Asheville...
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  • and made recommendations on the Wilkesboro–Tennessee turnpike, the Swannanoa Gap road, and the Cherokee road. He recommended a network of state roads...
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  • book of poetry, was published in 1969. Travis and Other Poems of the Swannanoa Valley (With Some Poems and Prayers by Dr. Henry W. Jensen) was published...
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    the river flows through Asheville where it receives the water of the Swannanoa River. Downstream of Asheville, the river passes north through Marshall...
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  • 3601. "My Dearest Dear" 3602. "Swannanoa Tunnel", "Asheville Junction" 3603. "Harding's Defeat" 3604. "The Dreary Black Hills" 3605. "Seven Long Years"...
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    Dooleys also completed an enormous mountain retreat, Swannanoa, in the Blue Ridge Mountains at Rockfish Gap near Waynesboro, Virginia in Nelson County. According...
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    (Tennessee, North Carolina) Pigeon River (Tennessee, North Carolina) Swannanoa River (North Carolina) Holston River (Tennessee) North Fork Holston River...
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    Original District of Columbia (Arlington, Fairfax), Swannanoa (Augusta, Nelson), Thoroughfare Gap Battlefield (Fauquier, Prince William), George Washington...
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