Historical Marker

Great Eastern Divide

Historical marker location:
New Castle, Virginia
( Marker is on Cumberland Gap Road (Virginia Route 42) 8.2 miles west of New Castle, on the left when traveling west.)
Marker installed: 1984

Elevation — 2704 Feet.

In 1619, the Virginia House of Burgesses became the first representative assembly in the Americas. It was the beginning of a tradition of representative government that would later influence the creation of the United States government.
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