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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
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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te oakpost, planted by Lord Fairfax, to mark the road to Greenway Court, whichoriginal post yet remains, carefully en-cased, for preservation. Washingtonwas employed by this nobleman to sur-vey his vast possessions, called by theIndians, Shenandoah, Daughter of theStars. Here the old lord lived whenhis former protege, as General of theContinental Army, had captured Corn-wallis at Yorktown and gained the inde-pendence of the Colonies. When toldof this surrender, he said to his servant:Take me to bed, Joe; it is time forme to die. The scenic beauty of the section roundBoycevile and Riverton is indescribable.Near the former place is the old stonemansion, Saratoga, built in revolu-tionary days by Hessian prisoners forGeneral Morgan. Everywhere is the ro-mantic stretch of woodland, the upheavedhills and the dim blue crests of themountains. At RIVERTON,the road crosses the junction of thenorth and south forks of the ShenandoahRiver. Seldom does one see so lovely a GEORGIA SUMMER RESORTS. 19
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THE COURT HOUSE AT CHARLESTOWN. picture as that which opens to view here.Filmy clouds hung over the valley,touching, like a silver veil, the brow ofdistant mountains. Deep Summergreen were the meadows, lighter theSpring tints upon the hills, while highup the mountain sides Winter lingered,as if loth to leave a spot so charming. Down along the South Fork,through the Shenandoah Valley, grace-fully curves the limpid river, now near-ing the train, now rushing away to leap against the rugged base of the mountains.;grandly rise the wooded crests of theMassanutton Mountain on the west andthe Blue Ridge on the east; sweetly thegreen glades, vistaed by the openinghills, lead the eye out into quiet moun-tain vales — all around is loveliness, allabove is glorious, all within is peace. Gently blows the southwest windOer willowy meads, and shadowed waters creeping,And Ceres golden fields.

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