Col. Claudius Crozet/ Mechanicsburg Gap
Posted by: 
flyingmoose
N 39° 19.911 W 078° 48.285
17S E 689208 N 4355901
Located before the gap and along Eastbound Route 50 there is easy parking but no sights. There is however a Civil war fort east of here worth visiting.
Waymark Code: WMJFA
Location: West Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 07/27/2006
Views: 27
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.
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.
Marker Title: Col. Claudius Crozet/ Mechanicsburg Gap
Marker Location: Eastbound Route 50
County or Independent City: Hampshire County
Web Site: [Web Link]
Marker Program Sponsor: West Virginia Historic Commision, 1963
Marker Number: Not listed
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