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Gillespie Gap
McDowell County, NC
Gillespie Gap is a Blue Ridge crossing in McDowell County at the junction of the Blue Ridge Parkway and NC Highway 226. Historically significant as a route used by the Overmountain Men marching to the Battle of Kings Mountain during the Revolutionary War, it is now home to the Museum of North Carolina Minerals.
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