Rugged steeps, trending hundreds of feet up from the river, become
smoothed into gentle ascents, and on the thin soil, rich from thousands
of years of decayed vegetation, log cabins expose themselves to view
under the shadow of the mountain still rising above:--lofty perches for
farms and famlies; unfortunate situations for children; no schools; no
society; no people for companionship outside their respective families;
nothing but the wildness of nature, blue skies, lofty peaks, the roaring
French Broad--and the occasional fleeting trains.
Something interesting is to be found in the picturesque village of
Marshall. Its situation is decidedly Alpine in character. Its growth is
stunted in a most emphatic manner by these apparently soulless
conspirators--the river, mountain and railroad. The three seem to have
joined hands in a determination regarding the village which might read
well this way: “So large shalt thou grow, and no larger!” It is sung by
the river, roared by the train and echoed by the mountain. Sites for
dwellings, in limited numbers however, can still be stolen on the steep
mountain side above the town. Such a location is unfavorable for a man
whose gait is unsteady; for a chance mis-step might precipitate him out
of his front yard, with a broken neck. There is no lack of enterprise
and prosperity here. The tobacco interests of Madison county are
extensive, and this village--the county-seat--is reaping wealth from
this source.
A continued series of rocky walls and dizzy slopes now borders the rail
for mile after mile. Their sides are covered with pines and noble
forests of hard-wood trees, and ivy, grape and honeysuckle vines mantle
the bare spots of the cliffs. Stretches of roaring rapids and cascades
become frequent; green mountain islands arise in the center of the
stream;--it is one stern mountain fastness. The two most noticeable
cliffs are Peter’s Rock and Lover’s Leap, both of them overhanging the
old turnpike. The former was named in remembrance of a hermit, who, as
legend whispers, lived at its base before the Revolutionary war. An
Indian legend has it that two crazy lovers leaped into the French Broad
and eternity from the top of the other massive wall.
Before you can possibly become wearied by this rugged panorama, the
mountains on the railroad side of the river, losing their foot-hold on
the river’s margin, draw back, leaving a wide pleasant valley. The low
ranges bend round it in picturesque lines; the French Broad, with
majestic sweep, flows through it; the crystal water of Spring creek,
liberated at last from its cradling wilderness, passes through bordering
groves to empty into the larger stream. The train stops at a railway
station. A cluster of small houses stand on one side of the depot, and a
little farther down the track are the elegant residences of Major
Rumbough and Mrs. Andrew Johnson. Across on the distant heights, can be
seen white dwellings--mountain homes in strict sense; but nearer at hand
in the center of the valley, almost wholly concealed by the trees which
surround it, are visible the outlines of a hotel; it is Warm Springs,
the largest watering resort in Western North Carolina.
The main building of three stories, with its side two-story brick wing,
is 550 feet long. A new and large addition has been, within a few late
years, built on in the rear. The structure presents an imposing front
with its wide, high portico supported by thirteen white pillars. A green
lawn, with graveled walks and driveways, and set with locust trees, lies
before it; and beyond this, in view, flows the river, swift and deep,
again, churned into rapids, and at either end swallowed by the
mountains.
In the locust grove and near the banks of the French Broad and Spring
creek, are the wonderful warm springs. Bath houses are erected over
them. The temperature of the water is from 102° to 104° Fahrenheit. The
baths are invigorating and contain remarkable curative properties,
especially beneficial for rheumatic, gouty, and chronic invalids of all
classes. The water, although highly impregnated with minerals, is
tasteless. These springs were discovered in 1785, by a company of
Tennessee militia, while in pursuit of a band of Cherokee warriors. As
early as 1786 invalids came here to try the effect of the water. Now, in
the height of the summer, as many as six hundred guests at one time
crowd this fashionable resort.
[Illustration: CASCADES, NEAR WARM SPRINGS.]
Lately the Warm Springs property has passed into the hands of a company
of men well fitted by capital and experience to increase the popularity
of the place, both as a summer and winter pleasure resort and
sanitarium. Mr. Gudger, the superintendent, was for a number of years in
charge of the State Insane asylum, and is consequently well adapted to
the business he has entered into. Great improvements are being made in
the buildings, and every convenience added for the welfare of guests.
This to the votary of pleasure: The next to the largest ball-room in the
state is here.
The falls of Spring creek, not far distant up that stream, are cascades
of marvelous beauty. A number of the surrounding mountain summits
command magnificent prospects. Deer can be started in neighboring
fastnesses and driven to the river. As a bridge spans the stream
directly before the hotel, the picturesque spots on the opposite bank
can be reached. The famous Paint Rock is six miles below. The spot is
well worth visiting. It is an immense wall of granite arranged in
horizontal layers projecting over each other in irregular order and
towering in weird proportions above the road, which lies close at its
base between it and the river. The rocks present dark red faces, and it
is from the natural coloring that the name is taken. On some of the
smooth-faced layers black-lettered names can be deciphered; some left by
Federal soldiers who, during the war, swept around this bend and up the
river.
Near here Paint creek comes dashing down between bold cliffs to empty
into the French Broad. A toll-gate on its banks bars the way, and
over-head looms Paint mountain, whose summit, bearing the Tennessee
boundary line, is wound round by the road towards Greenville, the old
home of Andrew Johnson.
From the railroad between Warm Springs and Wolf creek, in Tennessee,
glimpses of some of the wildest scenery of the French Broad can be
obtained. Cliffs three hundred feet or more in height lean dizzily over
the river. The most noteworthy of these rocky ramparts are termed the
Chimneys. They are lofty, piled-up, chimney-like masses of stone
standing out before bare walls of the same rocky exterior. At the first
bridge below the Springs, Nature has wrought a terrific picture of the
sublime. The river runs white-capped and sparkling below; the wild
tremendous fronts of rocky mountains, seared with ravines frowning with
precipices and ragged with pines, close around. Bending in sharp curves,
the railroad penetrates the picture, leaps the long iron bridge and
disappears.
TABLE OF ALTITUDES.
SMOKY MOUNTAINS.
Mount Buckley 6,599
Clingman’s Dome 6,660
Mount Love 6,443
Mount Collins 6,188
Road Gap into Tenn. 5,271
Mt. Guyot (Bull-head Group) 6,636
Roan, High Knob 6,306
Beech Mountain 5,541
Elk Knob 5,574
BALSAM MOUNTAINS.
Soco Gap 4,341
Amos Plott (Junaluskas) 6,278
Lickstone 5,707
Deep Pigeon Gap 4,907
Great Divide 6,425
Old Bald 5,786
Devil’s Court-House 6,049
Shining Rock 5,988
Cold Mountain 6,063
Pisgah 5,757
BLACK MOUNTAINS.
Mitchell’s Peak 6,711
Potato Top 6,393
Yeates’ Knob 5,975
Mount Gibbs 6,591
Balsam Cone 6,671
Bowlen’s Pyramid 6,348
LINVILLE MOUNTAINS.
Short Off 3,105
Table Rock 3,918
Hawksbill 4,090
Hibriten (Brushy Mountains.) 2,242
King’s Mountain 1,650
BLUE RIDGE.
Fisher’s Peak, state line 3,570
Blowing Rock mountain 4,090
Blowing Gap 3,779
Grandfather 5,897
Hanging Rock 5,224
Humpback, Mt. Washington 4,288
High Pinnacle 5,701
Swannanoa Gap 2,657
Bald Mountain 3,834
Sugarloaf 3,973
Chimney Rock Hotel 1,059
Saluda Gap 2,300
Jones’ Gap 2,925
Cæsar’s Head 3,225
Rich Mountain 3,788
Great Hogback 4,792
Whiteside 4,907
Black Rock 4,364
Fodderstack 4,607
Chimney Top 4,563
Satoola 4,506
Rabun Gap 2,168
CRAGGY RANGE.
Big Craggy 6,090
Bull’s Head 5,935
Craggy Pinnacle 5,945
Tryon Mountain 3,237
SOUTH MOUNTAINS.
Propst’s Knob 3,022
Hickory Nut Mt. 3,306
Ben’s Knob 2,801
Pilot Mountain 2,435
NANTIHALA MOUNTAINS.
Rocky Bald 5,323
Wayah 5,494
Nantihala Gap 4,158
Picken’s Nose 4,926
VALLEY RIVER MOUNTAINS.
Medlock Bald 5,258
Tusquittah Mountain 5,314
VILLAGES.
Asheville 2,250
Hendersonville 2,167
Brevard (about) 2,150
Waynesville 2,756
Marshall 1,647
Burnsville 2,840
Bakersville (about) 2,550
Boone 3,242
Jefferson 2,940
Murphy 1,614
Valleytown 1,911
Franklin 2,141
Charleston 1,747
Quallatown 1,979
Webster 2,203
Warm Springs 1,326
COWEE MOUNTAINS.
Yellow Mountain 5,133
Cowee Old Bald 4,977
Rich Mountain 4,691
Cheowah Maximum 4,996
RIVERS.
Little Tennessee (Tennessee line) 1,114
Big Pigeon (Fine’s Creek) 2,241
Big Pigeon (Forks) 2,701
French Broad (Tennessee line) 1,264
Watauga (Tennessee line) 2,131
Broad river (Reedy Patch) 1,473
Mouth Little river 2,088
Mouth Valley river 1,514
W. N. C. R. R.
Salisbury 760
Morganton 1,140
Marion 1,425
Swannanoa Tunnel 2,510
Swannanoa Mouth 1,977
Richland Creek (Waynesville) 2,608
Balsam Gap 3,411
Scott’s Creek (mouth) 1,986
Nantihala River 1,682
Red Marble Gap 2,686
From Professor W. C. Kerr’s report of altitudes. The railroad altitudes
were obtained from J. W. Wilson. Only those mountain and valley heights
of particular interest are given.
AREA OF COUNTIES.
(From State Report.)
Square miles.
Alleghany 300
Ashe 450
Buncombe 620
Burke 400
Caldwell 450
Catawba 370
Cherokee 500
Clay 160
Cleaveland 420
Forsyth 340
Graham 250
Haywood 740
Henderson 360
Jackson 960
McDowell 440
Macon 650
Madison 450
Mitchell 240
Polk 300
Swain 420
Transylvania 330
Watauga 460
Yadkin 320
Yancey 400
POPULATION OF THE WESTERN COUNTIES, 1880.[A]
Total. Colored. County-seats.
Alleghany 5,486 519 Gap Civil
Ashe 14,437 966 Jefferson 196
Buncombe 21,909 3,487 Asheville 2,116
Burke 12,809 2,721 Morganton 861
Caldwell 10,291 1,600 Lenoir 206
Catawba 14,946 2,477 Newton 583
Cherokee 8,182 386 Murphy 170
Clay 3,316 141 Hayesville 111
Cleaveland 16,571 2,871 Shelby 990
Graham 2,335 212 Robbinsville 47
Haywood 10,171 484 Waynesville 225
Henderson 10,281 1,388 Hendersonville 554
Jackson 7,343 752 Webster 107
McDowell 9,836 1,897 Marion 372
Macon 8,064 669 Franklin 207
Madison 12,810 459 Marshall 175
Mitchell 9,435 503 Bakersville 476
Polk 5,062 1,144 Columbus 71
Rutherford 15,198 3,288 Rutherfordton --
Surry 13,302 2,075 Dobson --
Swain 3,784 550 Charleston --
Transylvania 5,340 517 Brevard 223
Watauga 8,160 746 Boone 167
Wilkes 19,181 1,924 Wilkesboro 200
Yancey 7,694 325 Burnsville --
[A] United States Census Report
MONTHLY, SEASONAL, AND ANNUAL MEAN TEMPERATURES FOR A PERIOD OF
YEARS AT SEVEN STATIONS, AND THEIR AVERAGE FOR THE WESTERN
DIVISION.
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| °| °| °| °| °| °| °| °| °| °| °| °| °| °| °| °| ° |
------------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+----+------
Asheville |37|39|45|52|63|69|74|71|66|53|43|37|53|72|54|38|54.3| 6½
Bakersville |34|37|38|54|61|66|72|74|65|50|43|36|51|71|52|36|52.5| 1
Boone |33|34|36|49|57|65|69|70|62|47|34|30|47|68|48|32|48.7| 2
Franklin |38|42|45|54|63|70|70|70|65|52|42|41|54|70|53|40|54.4| 2
Lenoir |36|40|45|56|66|73|76|73|67|55|43|37|55|74|55|38|55.5| 3
Murphy |38|42|45|56|65|71|74|72|66|53|41|38|56|72|53|39|55.2| 2½
Highlands |29|33|46|52|58|64|71|69|61|49|48|29|52|68|53|30|50.7| 1
Western | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Division |36|39|41|53|62|69|71|71|64|51|41|36|52|70|52|37|53.1|
------------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+----+------
AVERAGE MONTHLY, SEASONAL AND ANNUAL MAXIMA, MINIMA AND RANGE OF
TEMPERATURE FOR A PERIOD OF YEARS AT FOUR STATIONS AND FOR THE
WESTERN DIVISION.
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-----------+------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+-----
{|Maxima|63|65|71|80|82|83|86|85|81|75|68|63|82|86|81|65|86|
Asheville {|Minima|10|10|12|30|42|49|61|57|45|29|17| 7|12|49|17| 7| 7|6½
{|Range |53|55|59|50|40|34|25|28|36|46|51|56|70|37|64|58|79|
+------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+-----
{|Maxima|57|58|64|73|75|81|84|82|79|74|55|51|75|82|79|58|82|
Boone {|Minima| 4| 6|11|26|38|50|57|53|40|32|30|22|11|50|30| 4| 4| 2
{|Range |53|52|53|47|37|31|27|29|39|42|25|29|64|32|49|54|78|
+------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+-----
{|Maxima|62|66|71|82|85|88|91|87|85|82|67|63|85|91|85|66|91|
Lenoir {|Minima|14|15|14|36|47|58|66|52|50|29|18| 9|36|50|18| 9| 9| 3
{|Range |48|51|57|46|38|30|25|35|35|53|49|54|49|41|67|57|82|
+------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+-----
{|Maxima|64|67|73|81|88|88|89|89|84|78|65|74|88|89|86|74|89|
Murphy {|Minima| 9|14|15|35|47|59|64|57|44|24|11| 6|15|57|11| 6| 6| 3
{|Range |55|53|58|46|50|29|25|32|42|54|54|68|73|32|75|68|83|
+------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+-----
Western {|Maxima|61|63|69|78|82|84|86|87|82|76|63|63|82|87|82|63|87|
Division {|Minima| 8|10|13|30|42|53|61|56|43|28|19|12|13|53|19| 8| 8|
{|Range |53|53|56|48|43|31|25|31|39|48|44|51|69|34|63|55|79|
==================+==+==+==+==+==+==+==+==+==+==+==+==+==+==+==+==+==+=====
COMPARATIVE TABLE OF MEAN TEMPERATURES.
=======================+=========+=========+=========+==========+========
| Year. | Spring. | Summer. | Autumn. | Winter.
-----------------------+---------+---------+---------+----------+--------
| ° | ° | ° | ° | °
Western Division | 53 | 52 | 70 | 52 | 37
Asheville | 54 | 53 | 72 | 54 | 38
Bakersville | 52 | 51 | 71 | 52 | 36
Paris, France | 51 | 51 | 65 | 52 | 38
Dijon, France | 53 | 53 | 70 | 53 | 35
Venice, Italy | 55 | 55 | 73 | 56 | 38
Boone, North Carolina | 49 | 47 | 68 | 48 | 32
Munich, Germany | 48 | 48 | 64 | 49 | 32
=======================+=========+=========+=========+==========+========
The tables of temperature given are taken from Dr. Kerr’s State
Geological report.
[Illustration:
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
BY DR. W. C. KERR, STATE GEOLOGIST.
1883.
_Used by permission of the State Board of Agriculture._
(Engraved especially for this book.)
_Scale._
]
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SWANNANOA HOTEL,
ASHEVILLE, N. C.
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE.
+----+----+----+-----+----+----+----+----+------+----+----+-----+
|Jan.|Feb.|Mch.|April|May |June|July|Aug.|Sept. |Oct.|Nov.|Dec. |
|38.1|39.8|44.7|53.9 |61.5|69.1|71.9|70.7|63.8 |52.9|43.8|37.3 |
+----+----+----+-----+----+----+----+----+------+----+----+-----+
Location 35 deg. 36 min. N. lat. 2,250 feet above the sea.
[Illustration: MT. PISGAH (5.763 feet above sea). VIEW FROM SWANNANOA
HOTEL.]
The recent additions and improvements to the “Swannanoa Hotel” have made
it complete in all its appointments, and the owners and proprietors,
Rawls & Carter, are determined that it shall always maintain its rank as
the leading and largest hotel in Asheville. The Swannanoa is now kept
open the year round. Northern visitors to Asheville for the winter and
spring months, as well as for the summer, who stop at the Swannanoa,
have their wants carefully studied and attended to. The rooms and halls
are large and well ventilated for the summer, and yet arranged to be
well heated in the winter. Superb views of surrounding mountains from
the rooms and porches. Mountain, Well, and Cistern Water, Hot and Cold
Baths, Electric Annunciator, Laundry, Barber Shop, Billiard Rooms, and
Telegraph Office across the street are some of the comforts of this
popular resort. In the summer, a band of music is engaged for the
entertainment of the guests. Headquarters also for capitalists seeking
investments, and other business men visiting Asheville. For cut of hotel
see page 211.
For further particulars, apply to the owners and proprietors.
RAWLS & CARTER.
* * * * *
EDWARD J. ASTON,
REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE AGENT,
_Asheville, North Carolina_.
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|GRAIN, { ADDRESS } MINES. |
|STOCK AND { WALTER B. GWYN, } MILL PROPERTY, |
|TOBACCO { _LAND AGENT_, } TIMBER |
|FARMS, { ASHEVILLE, } LANDS |
| { North Carolina. } |
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MARTIN & CHILD,
_REAL ESTATE AGENTS_,
ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA.
For the sale of farming, grazing and timber lands, mines, mill property,
city property, &c.
_Strict attention given to titles._
All properties placed with this agency for sale fully advertised free of
cost in this country and in Europe. Parties wishing to buy or rent
property of above description, write for descriptive circular and price
list.
* * * * *
FRED. C. FISHER,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
WAYNESVILLE, HAYWOOD COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA.
* * * * *
For fine Stereoscopic Views of
“THE LAND OF THE SKY”
OR
THE BEAUTIES OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA, EAST TENNESSEE AND NORTHEAST
GEORGIA SCENERY,
SEND TO
NAT. W. TAYLOR,
Photographic Artist and Publisher of Steroscopic Views.
One dozen mailed to any address for $1.50, post paid.
Send for Catalogue.
SILVER SPRINGS HOTEL.
J. L. HENRY, ESQ., Proprietor.
(ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE FRENCH BROAD, NEAR THE ASHEVILLE DEPOT.)
This Hotel possesses all the conveniences and advantages of a
suburban location, and complete appointments.
The verandas afford pleasing views in every direction. Within the
large lawn are several mineral springs--Iron, Sulphur, and
Magnesia. See illustration on page.
ARDEN PARK HOTEL.
10 miles from Asheville, 12 miles from Hendersonville.
Supplies all the attractions and conveniences of
A RURAL HOME,
Reached by daily stages from both Asheville and Hendersonville. For
particulars address
ARDEN PARK HOTEL, ARDEN, NORTH CAROLINA.
FLEMING HOUSE,
JOHN T. PATTERSON, MARION,
PROPRIETOR. MCDOWELL, CO., N. C.
The largest and best hotel in McDowell county arranged for the
accommodation of summer boarders. Good livery attached. Sample
rooms and other conveniences for business men.
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SPARKLING CATAWBA SPRINGS,
CATAWBA COUNTY, N. C.
THIS FAVORITE WATERING-PLACE WILL BE
OPEN MAY FIRST, TO SELECT GUESTS.
Situated 55 miles northwest of Charlotte, 60 miles west of
Salisbury, and 6 miles from Hickory, on the Western N. C. Railroad,
in the shade of the Blue Ridge. The location has special
advantages, being surrounded by a beautiful and extensive woodlawn
of native growth and carpeted with green. The bracing mountain
atmosphere, with the health-restoring properties of their waters,
render these Springs a most desirable resort for INVALIDS and
PLEASURE SEEKERS.
The Mineral Waters embrace
BLUE AND WHITE SULPHUR AND CHALYBEATE,
and from the known benefit derived by well attested cures in their
use as an alterative and tonic influence over the lymphatic and
secretive glands, they are unsurpassed, and never fail to increase
the appetite, the digestion and assimilation, thereby imparting
tone and health to the person.
_BY THE USE OF THESE MINERAL WATERS_,
Diseases of the Liver, Dyspepsia, Vertigo, Neuralgia, Ophthalmia or
Sore Eyes, Paralysis, Spinal Affections, Rheumatism, Scrofula,
Gravel, Diabetes, Kidney and Urinary Diseases, Consumption and
Chronic Cough, Diarrhœa, Constipation, Piles, Asthma, Diseases
of the Skin, Tetter, Indolent Ulcers, Amenorrhœa,
Dysmenorrhœa, Leucorrhœa, General Debility, Sleeplessness,
and Nervous Prostration, from mental and physical excess, have
disappeared.
_Analysis of Water_: Spring No. 1.--Chlorine, Carbonic Acid,
Silica, Phosphoric Acid, Alumina, Sulphuric Acid, Magnesia Oxide,
Lime (trace), Iron (trace), Magnesia, Soda Salts (large), Lithia,
Potash, Bromide. Spring No. 2.--Chlorine, Silica, Phosphoric Acid,
Alumina, Arsenic, Sulphuric Acid, Oxide Magnesia, Soda Salts,
Potash, Bromide, and Magnesia. Spring No. 3.--Chalybeate. Spring
No. 4.--One of the finest Freestone Springs in the State. All
within the grove but a short distance from each other, etc., etc.
The improvements consist of two large three-story buildings, and
fourteen cottages, capable of accommodating, comfortably, 300
persons.
All the Amusements usually furnished at first-class
watering-places, will be found here. A good supply of Ice always on
hand.
PLUNGE, SHOWER, WARM SULPHUR, TURKISH, HOT AIR, and MEDICATED VAPOR
BATHS, Furnished when desired.
Another Mineral Spring has recently been discovered one mile from
this place, which Visitors will have the benefit of.
_BOARD: $30.00 Per Month. Deductions Made for Families._
REDUCED RATES have been Arranged on all Railroads to this Point.
_How to Reach the Springs_: Take the Western N. C. Railway at Salisbury
to Hickory; take Carolina Central Railroad to Lincolnton, thence the
Chester Narrow Gauge to Newton; take the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
Railway to Statesville, thence the Western N. C. Railroad to Hickory; or
take the Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge at Chester or Gastonia, to
Newton. Good conveyances will be at Newton and Hickory for passengers on
the arrival of each train.
Dr. E. O. ELLIOTT, Proprietor.
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McINTOSH & CO.,
DEALERS IN
DRUGS, MEDICINES, and CHEMICALS
PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES, DYE-STUFFS,
ETC., CHOICE PERFUMES.
PURE WINES AND LIQUORS
FOR MEDICINAL USE.
FRENCH AND AMERICAN POLISHED
PLATE AND WINDOW GLASS.
FINE CANDIES AND DRUGGISTS SUNDRIES.
_Highest Cash Price Paid for ROOTS, HERBS, SEEDS, etc._
WAYNESVILLE, N. C.
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HAYWOOD
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS
Near Waynesville, N. C.
OPEN ALL THE YEAR.
_THE MOST PICTURESQUE PLACE IN NORTH CAROLINA_
_2,716 Feet Above Tide-water_; _32 Miles West of Asheville_,
A DELIGHTFUL SUMMER RESORT,
IN THE VERY MIDST OF THE GREAT BALSAM MOUNTAINS. TERMS REASONABLE.
PLACES OF INTEREST AROUND THE SPRINGS.