Swift Run Gap is a wind gap in the Blue Ridge Mountains located in the U.S. state of Virginia. At an elevation of 2,365 feet (721 m), it is the site of...
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Skyline Drive (section Thornton Gap to Swift Run Gap)
Royal, US 211 in Thornton Gap, US 33 in Swift Run Gap and US 250 near I-64 in Rockfish Gap. At the south end in Rockfish Gap it connects to the northern...
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terrain. Examples of wind gaps in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia include Swift Run Gap, Rockfish Gap, and Buford's Gap. The last was the original...
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April 19, his men marched 20 miles east out of the Shenandoah valley to Swift Run Gap. Banks occupied New Market and crossed Massanutten Mountain to seize...
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of the Golden Horseshoe Expedition of 1716 crossed the Blue Ridge at Swift Run Gap and reached the river at Elkton, Virginia. Settlers did not immediately...
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reportedly had done himself in 1718. The 235 acres was near the storied Swift Run Gap. Six years on, in 1745, White leased and later purchased land just north...
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attempting the more formidable Swift Run Gap, the Blue Ridge Railroad built over the mountains at the next gap to the south, Rockfish Gap near Afton Mountain, from...
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climbs the western slope of the Blue Ridge Mountains to reach Swift Run Gap, a wind gap located at an elevation of 2,365 feet (721 m). The bucolic Skyline...
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point. There they crossed the top ridge of the Blue Ridge mountains at Swift Run Gap (elevation 2,365 feet). On September 6, 1716, they rode down into the...
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They crossed the mountains passing through a gorge by the name of Swift Run Gap at an altitude of 720 m, bordered by two mountain peaks. Spotswood named...
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more formidable Swift Run Gap, the state-owned Blue Ridge Railroad built over the mountains at the next major gap to the south, Rockfish Gap near Afton Mountain...
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Piedmont region with the Great Valley, include Thornton Gap, Swift Run Gap, and Rockfish Gap. Another series of mountains bounds the southern Great Valley...
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List of turnpikes in Virginia and West Virginia (redirect from Tazewell Courthouse and Fancy Gap Turnpike)
across the state line, McDaniel Road Swift Run Gap Turnpike Fredericksburg - Orange - Stanardsville - Swift Run Gap - Elkton VA Route 3, VA Route 20, Scuffletown...
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These early private facilities at Skyland Resort, Panorama Resort, and Swift Run Gap were operated only for whites. By 1937, the Park Service accepted a...
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Laurel Gap east northeast of Bootens Gap Bootens Gap between Powell Mountain and Jones Mountain Swift Run Gap on U.S. Route 33 Smith Roach Gap northeast...
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cavalry—up and down the Valley and through various mountain gaps, such as Swift Run Gap and Thornton Gap, and make sudden appearances in front of Union troops...
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begins a curvaceous ascent of the Blue Ridge, cresting the mountain at Swift Run Gap at an elevation of 2,365 feet (721 m), where the highway crosses the...
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York Swatara Gap – Pennsylvania Swift Run Gap – Virginia Thornton Gap – Virginia Thoroughfare Gap – Virginia Wilson Gap – Virginia, West Virginia Zealand...
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mountains, it reduces to two lanes and becomes three lanes a few times. At Swift Run Gap it intersects Skyline Drive and enters Greene County. After going down...
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(22.0 km) river in the U.S. state of Virginia. Rising northeast of Swift Run Gap in Shenandoah National Park, the river flows southeast to the Rapidan...
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38°17′37″N 078°36′19″W / 38.29361°N 78.60528°W / 38.29361; -78.60528 Swift Run Gap 1499423 Flattop Mountain VA Rockingham 38°50′22″N 078°58′04″W / 38...
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October 1864, his son, 1st Lieutenant John Rodgers Meigs, was killed at Swift Run Gap in Virginia and was buried at a Georgetown Cemetery. Lt. Meigs was part...
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trail run in Fort Valley, Va with a division called "Stonewall Jackson Foot Cavalry Division". Blue Ridge Tunnel Rockfish Gap Swift Run Gap Thornton Gap Mason...
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(200 ha), prompting closures of Skyline Drive from mile markers 65 at Swift Run Gap to 79 at Loft Mountain. Additionally, more than a dozen hiking trails...
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Horseshoe Expedition, reaching the top ridge of the Blue Ridge Mountains at Swift Run Gap (elevation 2,365 feet (721 m)). Spotswood promoted Germanna, a settlement...
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railroad had found that a planned crossing of the Blue Ridge Mountains at Swift Run Gap was financially unfeasible. To protect its investment and enable transportation...
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over the mountains at Rockfish Gap, was chosen as a better alternative than the original plan to cross at Swift Run Gap to the north. In 1847, the charter...
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terminus Page Thornton Gap 31.5 50.7 US 211 – Washington, DC, Luray Thornton Gap Entrance Station, interchange Rockingham Swift Run Gap 65.5 105.4 US 33 –...
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John Rodgers Meigs (section Bull Run)
Sheridan's troops. As Meigs and his assistants rode at dusk along the old Swift Run Gap Road, which intersected Warm Springs Turnpike between Harrisonburg and...
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office as members of the Democratic Party, including the controversial "Swift Boat Veterans for Truth" negative campaign against 2004 Democratic presidential...
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