Mechanicsburg Gap / Col. Claudius Crozet
Mechanicsburg Gap
Scenic canyon cut through Mill Creek Mountain by Mill creek. Here an old Indian trail was the pathway from the Valley of Virginia to the Alleghenies, then the Northwestern Turnpike, now the George Washington Highway
Col. Claudius Crozet
Col. Crozet, born in France, 1790; came to America, 1816. He taught mathematics at West Point six years. named chief engineer of Virginia (1824); surveyed Northwestern Turnpike, 1825. died, 1864; buried in Shockee Hills, Richmond.
Marker is on U.S. 50.
Courtesy hmdb.org
