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Title: America, picturesque and descriptive
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Cook, Joel
Subjects: United States -- Description and travel
Publisher: Philadelphia, Coates
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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e the wild roses bloom, while their fragrance combinesWith health-giving odors from balsamic pines. The pure, healthful breezes, the life-giving air.The beauteous landscapes, oft new, ever fair.Are gifts that have come from the Father on high ;To Him be all praise for The Land of the Sky. In the early clays of Congress, a North Carolinamember, who Avas making a long speech for homeconsumption, observed that several of his colleagues,becoming tired, had gone out, whereupon he bluntlytold those Avho remained that they might go out too,if so inclined, as he was only talking for Bun-combe. This member, whose remark has becomeimmortal as the title of a certain type of Congres-sional oratory, represented the county of Buncombe,w^hich embraces a large portion of the The Landof the Sky, and Asheville is the county-seat. Thistown has a permanent population of twelve thousand,and is one of the most elevated towns east of Den-ver, being at a hniglit of nearly twenty-three hundred Swannaiioa mvcv
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THE LAND OF THE SKY. 357 fVct above the sen. It is built in tlie attiaetive val-ley of the French Broad Kiver, suiToiuulecI by anamphitheatre of magniticent hills, and commands oneof the finest mountain views in this country. Thei>\vannanoa unites with the French Broad just abovetiie town in a charming locality ; there are variouspleasant parks; and the tree-shaded streets areadorned by many fine buildings. To Asheville comethe Northerner for equable mildness in winter andthe Southerner for coolness in summer, the climatebeing dry and bright, and most restorative in lungand otlier similar troubles, while the whole surround-ing region has had its scenic attractions made availableby imi>roved roads and paths. About two miles tothe southeast is George Vanderbilts noted chateauof Biltmore, the finest private residence in theUnite<l States, built uj)oii the verge of a princely es-tate covering a hundred thousand acres of theseglens and mountains. The house, which commandsmagniticc

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