Benge's Gap
The pass to the south was a secret route named Benge's Gap for an Indian half-breed who used it in making surprise attacks on settlers. The latter discovered the gap. When Benge was returning to it after his last raid, 1794, his party was attacked by settlers and exterminated.
1948 text, presented as a historical document.
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Marker data: Virginia Department of Conservation and Development, State Historical Markers of Virginia, 6th ed. (1948)
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