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Title: The scenic attractions and summer resorts along the railways of the Virginia, Tennessee & Georgia Air Line: the Shenandoah Velley RR., the Norfolk & Western RR., and the East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia RR
Year: 1883 (1880s)
Authors: Virginia, Tennessee and Georgia Air Line Shenandoah Valley Railroad Norfolk and Western Railroad Company East Tennessee, Virginia, and Georgia Railway Company
Subjects: Summer resorts
Publisher: New York, Aldine press
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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enry College is built.Ten miles further on the train skirts thetown of ABINGDON. Here are several female colleges, muchpatronized by rich Southern families,and ably conducted by chosen profes-sors. The town has 2,000 inhabitants and does a prosperous business. Prettygirls are seen in the college yards, andruddy boys with a decidedly Emory airwere prowling about the gates. From Abingdon to Bristol the roadkeeps in the very track of a fine valley.Only one who travels the line can ap-preciate its charms. Nearing the Ten-nessee border, you are filled with afeeling of melancholy that so soon adelightful journey through the grandold State must end. The train slowsdown at the depot—the bustle of anothercity grates upon ears so lately tuned tothe melodies of mountain and valley—the cars are deserted, and our dealfriends, headed by the beloved dom-inie, greet us at Bristol. A gold and purple sunset Flowed down the broad Moselle ; On hills of vine and meadow landsThe peace of twilight fell.
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FROM HEAT OF SUMMERS SUN TO HOMES ON MOUNTAIN HEIGHTS. Over the Georgia Division of the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad from Jacksonville, Fla., to Dalton, Ga. While at Jacksonville, Florida, where I was briefly sojourn-ing after a Winter idling in the Land of Flowers, I receivedthe following note from my old college chum, Dr. N.: My Dear Paul : Tom is now in New Orleans, Charlie is in Memphis,and I am in New York. As we are all to meet soon in Virginia, suppose wekeep a record of our respective journeys and compare notes when we meet. Verb. sap. Aff. yours, N. It must be known that I am a divinity student, hoping someday to be the incumbent of a quiet little parish ; Tom is a risingyoung lawyer; Charlie is a merchant with ample time to travel, andN. is a doctor with a clear conscience (having as yet had no practice). We were all under engagement to meet in Virginia, where I had hope ofa call, and the others had anticipations of many things equally pleasing totheir indiv

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