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On U.S. 58, 6.2 miles north of Natural Tunnel Parkway (County Route 871), on the right when traveling west.
Near here stood a fort first known as Crissman’s
Fort, and later as Carter’s or Rye Cove Fort,
and by militia officers as Fort Lee.
Built by
Isaac Crissman, Sr. in 1774, it was acquired by
Thomas Carter
(1731 1803) after Crissman’s
death at . . . — — Map (db m90918) HM
Near Sunbright Highway (County Route 871) at County Route 646.
Railroads, like water, tend to follow the path of least resistance. Early railroad engineers saw Natural Tunnel as a logical path through the mountains to the growing rail systems of the Midwest.
The South Atlantic and Ohio Railroad began . . . — — Map (db m167000) HM