Vestal's Gap Road IV

Vestal's Gap Road was a major east-west trade and travel route. George Washington used it from 1753 to 1799 for surveying business, personal reasons, and military purposes in the French and Indian Wars. Several ordinaries or inns stood along the road where he is known to have stayed, and many other people transporting goods for trade also stayed there. One such ordinary can be seen at Lanesville, the house at Claude Moore Park, where part of the Vestal's Gap Road is also visible, though Washington did not stay there. In 1813 a new turnpike was chartered that eventually became the present Route 7, and Vestal's Gap Road remained only in small local segments, tracing its course from animal trail to busy road.

Dulles Town Center, Virginia · United States