The name "Pot Cove Gap" comes from the idea that old miners and rail workers that died on the job used to have their water/lunch pail hung from a rope or tree branch in their memory. One can find the remains of an old lunch pot hanging from a tree here.

Matthew

January 30, 2024

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Location: Mcdowell County, North Carolina, United States

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