Ashby Gap, more commonly known as Ashby's Gap is a wind gap in the Blue Ridge Mountains on the border of Clarke County, Loudoun County and Fauquier County...
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U.S. Route 50 in Virginia (redirect from Ashby's Gap Turnpike)
ridge of the Blue Ridge Mountains at a place known as Ashby Gap. Named for Thomas Ashby, this wind gap was a strategic point for both sides in the American...
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country, it was established in a strategic spot at the eastern base of Ashby Gap along U.S. Route 17 and U.S. Route 50. Peter Glascock acquired the deed...
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midway between the port of Alexandria and Winchester, Virginia, on the Ashby Gap trading route (now followed by U.S. Route 50). In 1863, Middleburg witnessed...
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Blue Ridge Mountain (section Notable gaps)
Mount Weather Paris Mountain North to south: Keyes Gap Wilson Gap Snickers Gap Ashby Gap Manassas Gap Peakbagger 39°4′54″N 77°51′44″W / 39.08167°N 77...
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partner, Ashby ran a mill on his father's property until his mother sold it to neighbor Edward Carrington Marshall of the Manassas Gap Railroad. Ashby enjoyed...
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intersected both the Ashby's Gap Turnpike and Snicker's Gap Turnpike, which respectively led through Ashby's Gap and Snickers Gap of the Blue Ridge Mountain...
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Stuart and was deployed near Beverly Robertson's brigade along the Ashby's Gap Turnpike. John R. Chambliss's brigade moved northward and joined "Grumble"...
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hollows that occur along the western slope of Blue Ridge Mountain south to Ashby Gap. The formation is often referred to as the rollercoaster by Appalachian...
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Gap – Vermont Ashby Gap – Virginia Balsam Gap – North Carolina Brock Gap – Alabama Brocks Gap – Virginia Buck Creek Gap – North Carolina Buford's Gap...
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