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单词 Cumberland Mountains
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It related how the barrier of the Cumberland Mountains stymied expansion in the 1700s. Gateway to Fall 2012-10-18T14:20:09.483Z
The youngest of 14 children, Ms. Ritchie grew up in Kentucky’s Cumberland Mountains, where her family had lived since the 18th century. Jean Ritchie, singer who helped lead folk revival of ’50s and ’60s, dies at 92 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z
Mrs. Nelson was born Carrie Lee Dotson in Wise, Va., in the Cumberland Mountains of Appalachia, the ninth of 10 children, and she grew up in an area known as “Dotson Holler.” Community deaths 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z
By early afternoon Saturday, more than 80 Letcher County residents lined up outside an unassuming house overlooking the once-booming coal town of Jenkins, tucked into the shadow of the Cumberland Mountains on the Virginia border. Mother Teresa’s nuns return to her rural Kentucky mission 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z
The Western pioneer had probably crossed the Blue Ridge or the Cumberland Mountains when a boy and was now in his prime. The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce 2012-04-07T02:00:31.747Z
It is said that she was the third white woman to cross the Cumberland Mountains, Mrs. Daniel Boone and her daughter being the first and second. Historic Shrines of America Being the Story of One Hundred and Twenty Historic Buildings and the Pioneers Who Made Them Notable 2012-03-08T03:00:11.013Z
It is refreshing to turn aside from the world and contemplate that peaceful home, nestling amid the Cumberland Mountains.” Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z
On the direct route to East Tennessee over the Cumberland Mountains General Burnside was moving into East Tennessee against General Buckner’s forces. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z
All went well for a while, but, when near the Cumberland Mountains, they were attacked by Indians, and six men were killed, among them Boone's oldest son. Stories of Old Kentucky 2011-09-23T02:00:21.413Z
About the middle of the forenoon we came in sight of the Cumberland Mountains. Capturing a Locomotive A History of Secrect Service in the Late War. 2011-07-19T02:00:19.070Z
Papa said people would be swarming over the Cumberland Mountains before long.” Erskine Dale?Pioneer 2011-06-13T02:00:32.327Z
The very center of hoosierdom in the South is the Cumberland Plateau with its associated Cumberland Mountains, Cumberland River, Cumberland Gap, and Cumberland Presbyterianism. The Word Hoosier; John Finley Indiana Historical Society Publications, Volume IV, Number 2 2011-03-21T02:00:12.857Z
They made the entire trip in a one-horse wagon; crossing the Cumberland Mountains, and passing through the states of Tennessee, Virginia and Kentucky. Autobiography of Z. S. Hastings
Ten years afterward he undertook to establish an English colony in the Cumberland Mountains of East Tennessee. Tom Brown at Rugby
As we were mounting the first spurs of the Cumberland Mountains we encountered a Confederate soldier from the East, who was then at home on a furlough. Capturing a Locomotive A History of Secrect Service in the Late War. 2011-07-19T02:00:19.070Z
To the west and north the eye had not as wide a range, the Cumberland Mountains being as high, if not higher, but could easily see Alabama in that way. An Artilleryman's Diary
Bragg started to retreat through the Cumberland Mountains on the 1st of October, with Buell in pursuit. The Greater Republic A History of the United States
This occurred near the gap of the Cumberland Mountains, whose dark gorges, rocky cliffs, and hoary summits strike the mind of the beholder with awe. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia
On the third day of their journey night had overtaken them near Centerton, a little settlement of five or six cabins in the Cumberland Mountains. Crestlands A Centennial Story of Cane Ridge
Very impressive were some of the hours spent in watching on the Cumberland Mountains. Capturing a Locomotive A History of Secrect Service in the Late War. 2011-07-19T02:00:19.070Z
Here he was among the rugged ranges of the Cumberland Mountains, in the heart of Tennessee. Cudjo's Cave
The American settlers had crossed the Cumberland Mountains dividing Virginia and Kentucky, to make new homes in a fair land reported upon by the great Daniel Boone. Boys' Book of Frontier Fighters
His route lay directly west over the Cumberland Mountains to Sparta, a distance of one hundred and four miles. Raiding with Morgan
The original vine of Taylor was a wild seedling found in the early part of the last century on the Cumberland Mountains near the Kentucky-Tennessee line by a Mr. Cobb. Manual of American Grape-Growing
And while all this was going on, the main portion of the Union forces had crossed the Cumberland Mountains thirty odd miles below, and were gathering on the bank of the Tennessee River. An Undivided Union
A spur of the Cumberland Mountains extended through the eastern part of the first-named county, and most of the region between this range and Virginia was mountainous. A Lieutenant at Eighteen
I started off in a southwesterly course, over the Cumberland Mountains, and went about seventy miles through a heavily timbered country. The Mormon Menace The Confessions of John Doyle Lee, Danite
This was a great help to us, and as we trotted briskly along, we soon came in sight of the Cumberland Mountains. Daring and Suffering: A History of the Great Railroad Adventure
Thus General Johnston located his line of defense, from Columbus on the west to the Cumberland Mountains on the east, with his center at Bowling Green, which was occupied and intrenched. The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government
To thoroughly understand the situation, the reader must remember that between the Union army and Chattanooga lay the lofty Cumberland Mountains, washed on either side by the waters of the Elk and the Tennessee rivers. An Undivided Union
It was a hilly region; for the Cumberland Mountains were not more than ten miles from them, covered with forests, and hardly cultivated at all. A Lieutenant at Eighteen
It has been said of the residents of the Cumberland Mountains that they are the purest Anglo-Saxons to be found to-day and not even England can produce so clear a strain. Sergeant York And His People
We were near the foot of the Cumberland Mountains, and addressed ourselves to the task of crossing them. Daring and Suffering: A History of the Great Railroad Adventure
Threatening Chattanooga from the north, he marched instead around the left flank of Bragg's army, boldly crossing the Cumberland Mountains, the Tennessee River, and two mountain ranges beyond. A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln Condensed from Nicolay & Hay's Abraham Lincoln: A History
Through Tennessee and Kentucky and the heart of the Cumberland Mountains, using the limestone caverns, was the third route, and the valley of the Mississippi was the western tunnel. The Negro
It was about twelve feet long, and was not likely to upset, even in the turbulent water at the middle of the river which drained the Cumberland Mountains in the south-eastern part of the State. A Lieutenant at Eighteen
He was one of the three million people of good Anglo-Saxon stock who had been stranded in the highlands when the Cumberland Mountains dammed the stream of humanity that swept westward through the level wilderness. Miss Mink's Soldier and Other Stories
About the close of the year 1779, Colonel Bledsoe and his brothers, with a few friends, crossed the Cumberland Mountains, descended into the valley of Cumberland River, and explored the beautiful region on its banks. Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. 42, January, 1851
The Big Sandy finds its way to the Ohio through the roughest and wildest spurs of the Cumberland Mountains, and is a narrow, fickle stream. From Canal Boy to President Or the Boyhood and Manhood of James A. Garfield
The reader is aware that Eastern Kentucky, embracing the counties along the western base of the Cumberland Mountains, 'has nobly responded to the cause of the Union.' The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 3, March, 1862
The Underground Railroad was thus enabled to extend into the heart of the South by way of the Cumberland Mountains. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 1, January 1916
I thought then, and think now, that there is no region on which the sun shines, more desirable to live in than the region of the Cumberland Mountains. Personal Recollections of Pardee Butler
Near the boundary separating the northeastern corner of the State from Kentucky, the famous Cumberland Gap gave passage through the Cumberland Mountains for the East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad, "the artery that supplied the rebellion." Abraham Lincoln, Volume I
Coal is found in immense quantities among the Cumberland Mountains, and lead exists in certain localities. Camp-Fire and Cotton-Field Southern Adventure in Time of War. Life with the Union Armies, and Residence on a Louisiana Plantation
On the top of the lonely Cumberland Mountains they came upon the wolf-eaten remains of a previous traveller, who had recently been killed by Indians. The Winning of the West, Volume 1 From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1769-1776
He speaks in raptures of the country this people are living in, and are now emigrating from, in the Cumberland Mountains, as full of springs, a region of great salubrity, fertility, and picturesque beauty. Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers
Hadn't they driven Bragg through the Cumberland Mountains and out of Chattanooga, and now they would soon be on his heels deep down in Georgia. The Rock of Chickamauga A Story of the Western Crisis
The Cumberland Mountains, as a whole, are flat, in broad level spaces, broken only by the "divides," or "gulfs," as they are called by the inhabitants, where the streams flow out into the valleys. Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884
Until a year ago, I had never known any life except that of the Cumberland Mountains. The Call of the Cumberlands
The course is east into the Cumberland Mountains, then south to the Tennessee River. Tom of the Raiders
He had just come to the Gap—a cleft in the Cumberland Mountains—to prepare two young Blue Grass Kentuckians for Harvard. Christmas Eve on Lonesome and Other Stories
At one point in a gap of the Cumberland Mountains the Southerners made a sharp resistance, but they were quickly driven from their position and the Union mass rolled slowly on. The Rock of Chickamauga A Story of the Western Crisis
South of Richmond and on the border between Madison and Rockcastle counties, we crossed Big Hill, the first of the outlying ranges of the Cumberland Mountains. Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 2 November 1863-June 1865
But very few emigrants had ventured across the broad and rugged cliffs of the Cumberland Mountains into the rich and sunny plains of Western Tennessee. David Crockett His Life and Adventures
They were both natives of the region, and in constant demand among the tourists who climbed the peaks of the Blueridge and Cumberland Mountains. The Master of the World
To the north yawned "the Gap" through the Cumberland Mountains. Christmas Eve on Lonesome and Other Stories
At length it became evident that the Rebel "Army of Liberation" was really about crossing the Cumberland Mountains to drive out the "Yankees" and recover possession of Kentucky for the Southern Confederacy. The Red Acorn
In January, the right wing of Johnston's hungry hawk had been broken in the Cumberland Mountains. The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come
The last two books are based upon Kentucky folk-tales and ballads gathered by Mr. Bradley among the people of the Cumberland Mountains. The Second Book of Modern Verse; a selection from the work of contemporaneous American poets
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