Editing Newfound Gap (section)

==History==
Prior to the development of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Newfound Gap was an undiscovered pass two miles east of what was long thought to be the lowest mountain pass over the Great Smoky Mountains, Indian Gap.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theblueridgehighlander.com/scenic_drives/tennessee/newfound_gap_road/index.html |title=The New Blue Ridge Highlander |publisher=Theblueridgehighlander.com |date= |accessdate=2013-04-17}}</ref> Indian Gap Road, an unpaved, arduous trail frequented by traders, farmers, and even by the [[Confederate Army]] during the [[American Civil War]], was completed in 1839 and named after the old [[Cherokee]] Indian trail that the road paralleled. Newfound Gap was not recognized as the lowest gap over the mountains until 1872, when [[Arnold Guyot]] measured many of the mountains in the area and determined the "Newfound Gap" to be a lower, more accessible mountain pass.