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Caption: Marker detail: Thornton Gap
Additional Description: To get to New Market Gap from here, travelers first crossed Thornton Gap, a half mile south of here. The old footpath became a road, and then a turnpike in the 1700s. Travelers paid a toll to use smooth roads free of mud and ruts.
Submitted: May 26, 2019, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Database Locator Identification Number: p476429
File Size: 1.191 Megabytes

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