Masters Theses
Date of Award
8-1991
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Major
History
Major Professor
Susan D. Becker
Abstract
This research studies the history of Cumberland Gap. Tennessee. between 1880 and 1929, and analyzes the impact of outside influences on its economic, social, political. and cultural development. A variety of primary and secondary sources. including oral history interviews with residents and former residents of the connnunity. were used. The location of the connnunity on the Wilderness Road and the diversity of the people who settled the area affected all aspects of the connnunity's development.
Recommended Citation
Vial, Rebecca, "Cumberland Gap, Tennessee : Building community identity along the Wilderness Road, 1880-1929. " Master's Thesis, University of Tennessee, 1991.
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