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Following the Revolution, traffic became a lot heavier and the traveling public was none too happy with the prevailing conditions on the ‘public’ road. In 1786, Andrew Barbee and a colleague, Enos McKay saw a business opportunity.
They built a private graded road through the Gap that they futuristically paved with crushed stone. With boutiquelike marketing finesse, the paving material was said to be ‘sledge-cracked’ (8 miles,of it, and yes, you guessed it, slaves did the cracking; the degree of that effort is beyond comprehension, just totally out there). Labor practices aside, Andrew and Enos apparently made out OK on their venture: tolls of $0.25/coach, $. 12/small vehicle, 1-3 cents per head of livestock added up quickly. The Hawsberry Inn
Andrew and his wife,
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