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The toll at the gap persisted well into the 20th century. The Snickers Gap turnpike was eventually made into Virginia State Route 7, and the toll was dropped. The gap was the scene of many small American Civil War skirmishes, and part of the Battle of Cool Spring (sometimes referred to as the "Battle of Snicker's Gap") took place there.
Snickers Gap, originally William's Gap in 1769, on Virginia State Route 7; Ashby's Gap, elevation 1,100 feet, on U.S. Route 50; Manassas Gap, also known as Markham's Gap and Calmese Gap, elevation 950 feet, on U.S. Route 55 and Interstate 66; Chester Gap, also known as Happy Creek Gap, elevation 1,339 feet, on U.S. Route 522
1775 map showing the area northwest of Alexandria. In the late 18th century, there were two roads over the Blue Ridge Mountains between Alexandria and Winchester, crossing at Snickers Gap (now along State Route 7) and Keyes Gap (State Route 9).Thomas Jefferys, 1776, A Map of the most Inhabited part of Virginia, drawn by Joshua Fry and Peter Jefferson in 1775, London: Sayer and Bennett The ...
Created Date: 8/30/2012 4:52:52 PM
The National Trust has received thousands of photos and memories of the iconic landmark.
In other old versions of the song, the partridge we all know and love is replaced with a "very pretty peacock upon a pear tree." There's also a Scottish version that gifts "an Arabian baboon."
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Sycamore Gap, thought to be around 300 years old, was made famous by actor Kevin Costner