Talk:Cumberland Gap

message: " The Cumberland Gap was discovered by Captain Samuel Stalnaker who met Dr Thomas Walker in 1748. Dr. Thomas Walker, a Virginia physician and explorer is credited with discovering the Gap, however, his personal journal entries indicate otherwise."
I grew up in the area and I've never heard of Captain Samuel Stalnaker. Does he have a Wiki entry? Where can we find out about this person? 
Also, I agree with everything Mr Crockett stated above. All of which are things I've stated here before but no one seems to care enough to fix.
Mari 15:51, 24 July 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: We're going to need a more solid source other than this obscure paper.  I'm not finding anything outside of Stalnaker family websites.  This may fall under WP:FRINGE.  Bms4880 (talk) 17:17, 24 July 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I have removed it, asked for better/more reference. - DavidWBrooks (talk) 18:10, 24 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Samuel Stalnaker?

message: As critical as the Cumberland Gap was to the history of American migration west, a map is really necessary that shows the Gap and its relation to passage through the mountains.--Parkwells 18:06, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Good suggestion. I inserted a map that was already here, but at a thumbnail scale... The article needs more text in order to accommodate all of the images. --Orlady 18:18, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Map

message: I recall Lonnie Donegan recording Cumberland Gap, and I still have it on 78 somewhere (and on mp3) - might it predate the quoted skiffle group? Lonnie's recording was very popular in our house in UK  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jpedley (talk • contribs) 20:38, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  I think this is interesting information but seems to be like "trivia" because it isn't verifiable or properly sourced, see WP:IPC. These tidbits of info would probably serve better on pages specifically for each topic with a hyperlink to Cumberland Gap since they are more pop culture material where this article is about geography and places. So if no one has any strong opposition I suggest removing it. Brendan.Hunstad (talk) 18:15, 29 July 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Note there is a separate article for the song, Cumberland Gap (folk song).  Bms4880 (talk) 18:57, 29 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cumbrland Gap in popular culture 

message: Hello! I'm a student at Ohio University and planning on doing some edits to this article and would like anyone involved to be aware. Right now I am thinking about bringing this article current and increase its grading to be more useful to the community. I'm starting the editing in my User's draft on Cumberland Gap if you would like to take a look and I am open for all suggestions and feedback.Brendan.Hunstad (talk) 18:38, 29 July 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Not to be confused with the Cumberland Narrows, another, but more northerly E-W water gap in the Appalachian Mountains (site of the 'National Road' between Cumberland, Maryland and Brownsville, Pennsylvania linking the water navigable routes of the Potomac and Monongehela) providing the historic 18th & 19th Century emigrant's path to the water routes in Pennsylvania to the Ohio Country and Northwest Territory <br
/>nor is this about the water gap at Pineville, Kentucky through which the Cumberland River flows.
This should help others be motivated to fix such erroneous links with apropos edits. // FrankB 16:30, 31 August 2015 (UTC)

text: Is that not a bit wordy for a disambiguation in the header?  Bms4880 (talk) 17:19, 31 August 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Planned Edits 

message: This page is erroneously linked in a number of historic pages, and as all the world knows, that bugs me since I love my history of the U.S. I changed the intro a bit, but most significantly added to the  entry the following clear message:
: Not to be confused with the Cumberland Narrows, another, but more northerly E-W water gap in the Appalachian Mountains (site of the 'National Road' between Cumberland, Maryland and Brownsville, Pennsylvania linking the water navigable routes of the Potomac and Monongehela) providing the historic 18th & 19th Century emigrant's path to the water routes in Pennsylvania to the Ohio Country and Northwest Territory <br
/>nor is this about the water gap at Pineville, Kentucky through which the Cumberland River flows.
This should help others be motivated to fix such erroneous links with apropos edits. // FrankB 16:30, 31 August 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Is that not a bit wordy for a disambiguation in the header?  Bms4880 (talk) 17:19, 31 August 2015 (UTC)
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