 When Eric Bender (Tickets To Fortune, 1938) made the incorrect statement that George Washington's Mountain Road Lottery "was to build a road over the Cumberland Mountains," he had no idea that his unsubstantiated conclusion would find its way into the Encyclopædia Britannica, and thus become an erroneous reference source for lottery historians.A complete history and research article written by Ron Shelley appeared in "Lottery Players Magazine" in 1989.Part of that research appears in the promotional book and brochure issued by "The Homestead Resort and Hotel" in Hot Springs, Virginia.