<<Of all the states I've been to, I'd have to say Virginia is the most glorious (but I thought the same thing when I drove through the Pennsylvania Deutch country!) There's beauty to be found in all of these United States>> I have been in all but two of the states east of the Mississippi and about half of those west. I have been in seven foreign countries; and the more I see the more I think SW VA is the remains of the Garden washed away by the Flood. Yes, PA is beautiful. The West is awe inspiring. << coming from Lee Co., VA. I'm sure many of you all have too. Can someone tell me.....was this a heavily populated area? Was there constant wagon traffic (migration) out of Lee Co or did huge wagon trains leave every 3 months or someting like that? Was this trail taken called the Cumberland Gap? >> The Gap was THE passage to the West lands for 20 years or more. The trails or roads had different names but they all feed thru the Gap. The Wilderness Road, the Fincastle Road, The Blue Grass trail. Warrior Path. They merged and passed thru Lee Co. -eddie