NAME. |Altitude | Number
| in feet.| of miles.
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Waynesville, C. H. | 2756 | 1
Love’s View | 2950 | at the place
Spring Hill | 2850 | at the place
Mount Maria Love (Rocky Knob) about | 5000 | 1
Jonathan’s Creek (trout stream) | 3000 | 6 to 10
Cataloochee (trout stream) | 2500 | 20
Tennessee Line | 2000 | 32
Indian Nation | 2300 | 20
Soco Falls, about | 4000 | 16
Soco Gap, about | 4250 | 15
Soco (Bunche’s) Bald | 6200 | 18
Bunche’s Creek Falls | 4000 | 20
Scott’s Creek, 8 miles; Balsam Tunnel | 3200 | 7
Crab-tree Bald, about | 6000 | foot 13, top 16
Chambers’ Mountain, about | 5000 | 9
Pisgah | 5757 | 18
T. Lenoir’s Farm | 2800 | 12
Pigeon River | | 6 to 12
Pigeon River Ford | | 12½
Cold Mountain | 6063 | 10
Lickstone Mountain (carriage road to top) | 5800 | 7
Caney Fork, Balsam, and Great Divide | 6425 | 10
Mount Serbal (Westner’s Bald) | 6100 | 8
Mount Junaluska (Plott) | 6225 | foot 3, top 5
Mount Clingman, about | 6690 | top 50
Mount Buckley, about | 6650 | top 52
Webster, 20 miles; Franklin | 1900 | 40
Hendersonville | 2167 | 45
Charleston, Swain County | 1700 | 38
De Hart’s Springs | 1600 | 48
Micadale | 3000 | 3
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Splendid drives all around the Springs. Scenery not surpassed, if
equalled, east of the Rocky Mountains.
W. W. STRINGFIELD, Proprietor.
Waynesville, N. C.
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CÆSAR’S HEAD HOTEL,
SITUATED UPON
CÆSAR’S HEAD MOUNTAIN
A spur of the Blue Ridge, in Greenville county, South Carolina, 3,500
feet above Tide Water. Climate unsurpassed, Scenery varied, grand, and
beautiful. The thermometer ranges during the hot months from 50° to 70°.
Freestone and Chalybeate Springs. Temperature 52° to 54°. Twenty-six
miles north of Greenville, South Carolina, and twenty-four miles west of
Hendersonville, North Carolina. Easily reached by daily hacks from
either place, over good roads, which have been lately improved. A Post
Office at the Hotel, and daily mail. Accommodations good, having been
enlarged and improved. Terms moderate. Billiards, nine-pins, and other
amusements for guests. A resident physician. See author’s notice.
F. BARTOW BEVILLE, E. M. SEABROOK,
SUPERINTENDENT. PROPRIETOR.
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Pre-eminently Popular.
WHEELER & WILSON’S
Standard Sewing Machine.
[Illustration]
The SILENT,
SWIFT,
SIMPLE,
S UBSTANTIAL No. 8
Wheeler & Wilson Manufacturing Company,
NORTH MAIN ST., ASHEVILLE, N. C.
SOMETHING CHOICE!
Lovers of the weed, who enjoy a really good smoke, should always ask for
HOLMES’ GOLDEN LEAF, HOLMES’ LAND OF THE SKY, HOLMES’ PISGAH. These
brands are manufactured from the celebrated Tobaccos grown in Western
North Carolina, free from all perfumeries, adulterations, or impurities,
and are prized for their SUPERB SMOKING QUALITIES. Ask your dealer for
HOLMES’ TOBACCO and take no other. Orders from the Trade Solicited.
E. I. HOLMES & Co., Proprietors.
Asheville, N. C.
J. A. FRANK’S
CHARLESTON HOTEL, SWAIN COUNTY.
A comfortable house neatly furnished.
_HEADQUARTERS for TOURISTS and BUSINESS MEN._
THE FRANKLIN HOUSE.
FRANKLIN, MACON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA.
A warm welcome and comfortable entertainment for all travellers; a
good livery stable connected, stages and carriages sent to any
point. Horses and mules bought and sold.
D. C. CUNNINGHAM, proprietor.
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THE
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD
CONNECTS: At Salisbury, N. C., with the Richmond and Danville Railroad.
At Statesville, N. C., with the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
Railroad. Also, at Paint Rock, with the East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia Railroad. Thus offering an _All Rail Route_ from NORTH, EAST,
SOUTH, and WEST, to
“THE LAND OF THE SKY.”
TRAVERSING THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SCENERY ON THIS CONTINENT.
☛ During the Summer season, Excursion Tickets can be Purchased at all
the Principal Cities.
A. B. ANDREWS, V. E. McBee
_President_. _Superintendent_.
M. SLAUGHTER, _General Passenger Agent_.
THE HERREN HOUSE.
Altitude 2,770 feet,
A. L. HERREN, PROPRIETOR,
WAYNESVILLE, N. C.
House new. Located centrally. The proprietor will give his undivided
attention to his guests. Saddle-horses and teams furnished guests.
Prices moderate.
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M. D. LEGGETT, PREST.
G. W. STOCKLY, VICE PREST. AND TREAS.
BUSINESS MANAGER.
WM. F. SWIFT, SEC’Y.
N. S. POSSONS, SUPT.
W. J. POSSONS, ASS’T. SUPT.
[Illustration]
THE
BRUSH ELECTRIC CO.
Late Telegraph Supply Co., manufacturers of
BRUSH ELECTRIC LIGHT MACHINES, LAMPS AND CARBONS.
Brush electro-plating machines and apparatus, and storage batteries.
Office 379 Euclid avenue. Works, Mason street crossing C. & P. R. R.
CLEVELAND, O.
U. S. A.
TURNPIKE HOTEL.
BUNCOMBE COUNTY, N. C.
This is the oldest established resort west of Asheville. It is located
on the W. N. C. railroad, and amid lofty mountains. A pleasant place for
summer sojourners and their families. Mineral and free-stone springs on
the farm. Rates moderate.
JOHN C. SMATHERS, Proprietor.
WAYNESVILLE HOTEL,
WAYNESVILLE, N. C.
In the center of the village. A new building, with new furniture
throughout. Rates moderate.
JOHN C. SMATHERS, Proprietor.
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[Illustration]
Over 1,000 are now in use, and can be run with perfect safety in
cotton-gin, house or barn.
THE NEW FIRE-PROOF TRACTION FARM ENGINE,
MANUFACTURED BY
D. JUNE & Co., FREMONT, OHIO.
WESTERN HOTEL,
(FORMERLY BANK HOTEL) ASHEVILLE, N. C.
H. K. RHEA, Proprietor.
The Western Hotel is situated on the Public Square, in the very center
of the city. It has lately changed proprietors and under the present
management the best accommodations at reasonable rates will be afforded
tourists and commercial travelers.
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HOT AND WARM SPRINGS HOTEL.
WARM SPRINGS, MADISON COUNTY, N. C.
J. H. RUMBOUGH, W. W. ROLLINS, H. A. GUDGER, WARM SPRINGS COMPANY.
[Illustration]
H. A. GUDGER, MANAGER.
First class Hotel open all the year, as a great summer and winter resort
for invalids and pleasure seekers. Bathing pools unsurpassed,
temperature 102° to 104° F. Fine Hot Spring for drinking, 117° F.
Accessible by railroad from Tennessee and North Carolina. Resident
physicians, beautiful mountain scenery, mild and equable climate, fine
fishing and hunting, fine band of music, finest ball-room in the South
(just completed), billiards, ten-pin alley, croquet, electric
annunciators, new and full supply of spring mattresses--in fact, a
thorough renovation and refurnishing make it unsurpassed by any watering
place in the South.
This powerful Mineral and Electric water effects speedy and radical
cures in almost all cases of Chronic and Sub-Acute Gout and Rheumatism,
Dyspepsia, Torpid Liver, Paralysis, Afflictions of the kidneys,
Scrofula, Chronic Cutaneous diseases, Neuralgia, Nephritic and Calcelous
disorders, Secondary Syphilis, and some other diseases peculiar to
females.
The railroad depot is within one hundred yards of Hotel, and passengers
landed at that point from Tennessee and North Carolina. A Telegraph
Office, in communication with all points, is also on the grounds.
Visitors will find many attractions added since last season, and the
manager will see personally to the comfort of his guests, and will spare
neither pains nor expense to make them comfortable. The table is made a
specialty, and is supplied with all the delicacies of the season.
RATES OF BOARD:
Per month of four weeks, $40 to $60 according to location of room and
accommodations required.
Per week, from $15 to $17.50.
Per day, $2.50.
Children under 10 years of age and colored servants half price.
_Special rates made with families._
For further information apply to H. A. GUDGER, MANAGER.
March 1, 1883. WARM SPRINGS, N. C.
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Typographical errors corrected by the etext transcriber:
watered by by the head-springs=> watered by the head-springs {pg 12}
sounds like the the distant=> sounds like the distant {pg 38}
the trees indigenious to the valleys=> the trees indigenous to the
valleys {pg 48}
plung headlong into=> plunge headlong into {pg 81}
Miller’s is frame house=> Miller’s is a frame house {pg 100}
sunlight lies on the the ripples=> sunlight lies on the ripples {pg 103}
even if a rude railings=> even if rude railings {pg 115}
of the the two-hundred-year-old=> of the two-hundred-year-old {pg 120}
ten or or twelve miles=> ten or twelve miles {pg 122}
ON THE LITTLE TENNESEE=> ON THE LITTLE TENNESSEE {pg 145}
amid the the sturdier trees=> amid the sturdier trees {pg 153}
its gone forever=> it’s gone forever {pg 177}
Almost anywhere on the luxurious uplands a coat would think himself in a
paradise=> Almost anywhere on the luxurious uplands a goat would think
himself in a paradise {pg 180}
The valleys of Hominy creek, Swanannoa=> The valleys of Hominy creek,
Swannanoa {pg 184}
was discoverh=> was discovered {pg 202}
from the Tennesee line=> from the Tennessee line {pg 207}
Seveir=> Sevier {x 6}
the new State of Tennesse=> the new State of Tennessee {pg 222}
he had definitely detertermined=> he had definitely determined {pg 249}
pours it current down=> pours its current down {pg 256}
The narrow-guage railway=> The narrow-gauge railway {pg 269}
threee miles south=> three miles south {pg 276}
responsive to the the crack=> responsive to the crack {pg 280}
they revolve the abstruse questions=> they resolve the abstruse
questions {pg 290}
prevades this foreground=> pervades this foreground {pg 291}
into a ntche of this wall=> into a niche of this wall {pg 297}
as rigid as a statute=> as rigid as a statue {pg 301}
traveled over by carraige=> traveled over by carriage {pg 315}
to the steep ronts of lofty mountains=> to the steep fronts of lofty
mountains {pg 317}
but its strange how I’m loosing everything=> but it’s strange how I’m
losing everything {pg 320}
with their appaling hush=> with their appalling hush {pg 327}
the Tocca Falls=> the Toccoa Falls {pg 331}
last but noisest=> last but noisiest {pg 335}
A carriage can be be taken=> A carriage can be taken {pg 344}