Drive the 25E Cumberland Gap Tunnel and Wilderness Road into the Historical Town of Cumberland Gap 

They never should have removed the old 25E through there that we all remember. They should have kept it as a scenic drive for tourists. They should have kept the Cudjo store as a place to sell locally made souvenirs. A reduced speed limit and most of the through traffic bypassing it would have made it a relatively safe drive.

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I so love this!!!! I went to LMU in the later eighties and frequently went to the Gap and the Pinnacle. Got caught by a train in the tunnel that was built in 1897. A group of us decided to walk through it late at night and we got over halfway and seen a small light, no sound. We realized it was a train, ran as fast as we could and thank goodness we had some of the track team with us, one of them made sure no one was left behind and had to get in a side cubby hole with one of the girls. All was alright, the town cop was waiting on us when we came out. He was just making sure we were alright. Never been so scared, won't walk through another tunnel. The Iron Furnace is amazing as is the Pinnacle. Love this little town. Went in Cudjo Caverns a few times. I suppose they don't do tours there anymore??? Just love this area and all about it.. Thank you for sharing this Laws...

Sure brings back memories......we would drive from Birmingham through Tennessee and Ky to Michigan in the 40's, when the road was a very narrow two-lane highway.....through the mountain area, past old shack homes where naked, barefoot children were playing, and doors wide open. Love history. I'm a decendant of the BOONE family..... Beautiful video, thank you.......

A viewer here from Cumberland County in the UK. Whenever I travel through the USA, I always wonder what it must have been like for the early pioneers. It doesn't really get above 75 degrees in summer in the UK, especially in the northern counties, and it rarely dips below freezing either. The temperatures alone must have been a shock to those early brave travellers. I guess many died along the way. Fascinating video. Thank you!

I loved watching this video because my ancestors were part of the people who left Spotsylvania, VA, to travel to Kentucky with Daniel Boone. One of my great uncles (Capt. Billy Bush) was part of Daniel Boone's frontier men. Boone, was in fact, my 1st cousins 8X removed. I learned this info just a few years ago. Ever since then, I've been super curious about the Cumberland Gap and the journey those original trailblazers made. I'm so grateful for seeing the scenery, old roads, and pictures. I agree with the comments below that some of the original places should have been spared. It would have made a GREAT tourist attraction for the state. Thank you to those folks making the film and sharing it with the public. :)

I love, love & love this area. I lived there from 2011 through 2013 (Speedwell, TN). As long as I live, always will be in my mind. Very good memories!!!

beautiful landscapes, thanks for the tour,

I always take 25E to the smokies on my motorcycle. Now gonna have to do some exploring next time!

Beautiful. Now I want to take a road trip but as I write this, we just got done cleaning up from a blizzard here. There's 14 inches of snow on the ground here and it's 16 degrees

Now I can say I visited Tennessee! Thanks for the drive, Donnie. Your friend, Louise

Thanks for another wonderful video. It seems so peaceful in that area.

Thanks 👍 Sir.. I think I've almost watched em all ☺️ .. great 👍👍 stuff.

I first went through the Cumberland Gap Tunnel in the summer of 1997! It was absolutely awesome!

still enjoying your older videos we have been through the gap and over the old road many many times in the past keep up the great work

Great job. We sure appreciate folks documenting this part of the country. We could make videos there forever.

I am crying because you have done such a terrific video of the Gap. I miss my Granny & Grandad who lived there. My Dad was raised there. Sure wish I could talk with you....

So beautiful. I would have loved to have attended The Narrow School, and later to have been married at The Wedding Chapel. The music is beautiful and soothing too Donnie. Thank you so much.

Thanks For The Drive.👍

Thank you Donnie for this awesome video. Across from the Harrow school building was a Sinclair Gas station, owned by Fred Chumley, right on the curve. My father, Gene Dalton was fishing buddies with Fred, and that station holds a lot a childhood memories for me. If you should ever come across a photo of Chumley’s filling station, I would be grateful to be able to see them. God bless you Donnie.

Love this tour Donnie a lot of History thanks so much ❤❤😊

Thanks for sharing this👍😊

All kidding aside , This was Soothing, I'm watching this show Again . Thank you Sir 🤠🖖

Such beautiful scenery, I hope I get to go back and see your neck of the woods again Donnie!

I just love the history. And taking the today and showing the yesteryear photos is phenomenal. Outstanding my friend. Love it. Rush hour in the gap. Rush hour there would be 3 cars and a pickup truck.

The oldest building in the gap looks like a picture that's on a adult coloring book. Beautiful.

I am just completely enamored by your work. The before and after photos of areas, the history and culture all make such a great story every time. I live in Sussex NJ where the Appalachian mountains run through our back yards practically. We have the Delaware Water Gap and many similar historical similarities. I live for nature and the history the land has to tell. I just think its amazing that there are still people who continue to tell the stories and don’t allow the history to be forgotten! Please keep on making these amazing videos. 🙏💕

Thanks for the ride along a historic area. The music was excellent.

I’m starting this one I’ll be back shortly sir thank you for sharing see you in a few minutes

Hey Mr Donnie. Thanx for another memory.

Thank you so much for this video. Very well done.

Nice journey TY

One of the areas you go to and seems like you are walking into the past. It’s nice to get on the original roads and travel like they did back in the day. Need to get back in the area and do some exploring.

Enjoyed. So much of this country I haven’t seen. I remember the Cumberland Gap illustration from school textbooks. Made me chuckle.

I agree that old 25 should not have been erased by the Park. In some of the early photos of the gap it looks like the mountains were clear cut, is this true or just from being old black and white photos? I live about 30 miles from the gap and can remember going to Cudjos Cave when I was a kid. Thanks for the photos and history of the Gap.

Great video and lots of historical information and places thanks for sharing. We live in Wilkes County North Carolina below Boone above the brown mountain lights. It is a place I would like to see one day. We are below Elizabethion Tennessee. Thanks again for sharing all your wonderful videos

Beautiful ride and what a peaceful little town. I miss the quietness of small towns living. My town use to be peaceful like this until the big foundries took over. Really enjoyed the peaceful ride :)

so amazing you can drop me off there in mountains I would be right at home

Loved this video, back when I was in the USAF 63-67 & was assigned to a base in Indiana, I traveled 25E from Indiana to my home in South Carolina driving a 1955 Pontiac. Stopped at the Visitor Center & trying to relive old memories & asked about the old 25E road & was told that it had been destroyed. What a let down, but this video helped the memories come flooding back. Thanks for putting it out so everyone can enjoy it.

Thank you for the videos Donnie

Thanks for sharing! Have not been through the gap since Gap since 2009. Last time in the cave was in the 80s. Hope to get back down there soon!

There's just "something" about those old mountain roads I cherish fondly. A tunnel just doesn't "do it" for me, LOL I cannot thank you enough for what you do

Thanks for sharing !

Very interesting

The old 25E. Was the Best and only road to Mom's home. And to Michigan

Thank you for uploading this! I'm a direct descendant of Rebecca Boone, Daniel Boone's sister. I've got to come out there and explore!

I took a drive up to Cumberland gap through the town went through the tunnel up to the pinnacle stopped at the gap creek coffee cafe sat by the creek and at the tables nice coffee cafe to Donnie roamed around looking at the beautiful mountains and greenery beautiful country up in Virginia and Cumberland gap stopped at wilderness road state park lovely drive Donnie

I have said that more than I care to think because I would have loved to show it to my girls because my dad used to drive it when we came home to visit from Knoxville when he was off work

Reminds me a lot of the Ozarks here in Missouri (and Arkansas) which is another desiccated plateau just like the Cumberland Plateau.

Hi Donnie this was very interesting. I've always wanted to go but have never been. I've always been interested in the layout of the land & the actual Gap in the mountains that many settlers passed through. I've always tried to envision how big & wide the gap actually is through the mountains. What an amazing unique place. I'm assuming you were either raised there, lived there and/or worked there? It's so interesting. Thank you, for sharing. I really enjoyed it. The music you used was a perfect fit. You're very good at putting these videos together. It's a perfect fit. It's like you're a natural. I've never tried to edit & put videos together. You make it look easy. I'm sure it's not.

I like your channel, I had two g.g. uncles with 62nd NC reg. surrendered there by their officers and later died within months in Camp Douglas in Chicago

My cousin and I loved this drive. He was a trucker and showed me many pieces of the old road from the new. I'd have loved to have gone the old route. We drove 25E many times and I have so many fond memories of the drives.

Some nice pics you included Donnie! Nice your? What month was this taken in? Or various times? Looks so sunny, green and beautiful!

We will stop at the restaurant there and eat breakfast. Keep trucking to Knoxville Tennessee and back to Harlem in the 50s and 60s.

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Yes, be a cave up there you can go and see it used to be on the Hill Road in Store where you can buy cigarettes real cheap before you go into Kentucky 1950

Thank you for celebrating ‘our neck of the woods’❤️

1960s going to Knoxville from Harlan. road a lot of truck drivers lost her life there the way the road was built.

I used to live 30 minutes from here.

Spot on comparison my friend . I don't like using this word but I hate Progress it sucks I know it has to be. You know what I mean 😢

You don get the good food anymore that you used to get at those old Mom and Pop diners. The best veg burger, hot beef sandwich, potato salad ,chili, cinn, rolls, pies to die for and the best coffee... 10 cents a cup. with free refill.. (not $4...)The food was the best part of the trip besides the people you met along the way :-)

The problem w/ driving thru this area is I never want to leave.!

When I was in 5th grade our school took a field trip to The Gap. Somehow they ended up losing a kid when we got back. It was terrifying at the time because we were all sure he was grabbed by a serial killer. (5th grade imagination). His parents ended up going to get him and everything was OK in the end.

Donnie do you know where BlackBerry hollow Baptist church is i stopped by there that's where my mamaw and papaw met each other at the church

i grew up in Cumberland Gap.. I hated it the and i hate it now. People were so mean.

I'm related to Daniel Boone's wifes , Uncles wife's... father's brothers wifes ... lil Sisters husbands ... Aunts son larry .🥵😊🖖