Cumberland Gap|Cumberland Mountains in Absalom, Absalom! (Location)

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Cumberland Gap
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2548
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The "Cumberland Gap" through which Sutpen brings the imported tombstones for his wife and himself is a narrow pass through the Cumberland Mountains near the intersection of the states of Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee. It was a major route over the Appalachians for the settlers who first inhabited the frontier southwest.

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