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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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e moun-tains rise in wooded grandeur, and the white walls of the city, with the churchsteeples, and college dome stand out inpicturesque relief against them. RoanokeCollege, under patronage of the LutheranChurch, has a fine building and spaciousgrounds. Near by are the HollinsFemale Institute, the Botetourt Springsand the famous Red Sulphur Springs.The city has many pretty residences,some fine hotels, and is both a Summerresort and a thriving business town. Within the next twenty miles west ofSalem we pass Big Springs Depot,at the base of the Alleghany Mountain,amid wild and picturesque scenery ; and Shawsville Depot,which is near the well-known AlleghanySpring, whose magnificent hotel will ac-commodate 700 guests, and, whose at-tractive situation and medicinal waters,make it popular and prosperous. Big Tunnel is near the summit of theAlleghany Mountains, and out in itsbeautiful nest, only a mile from theroad, sits the famous Montgomery WhiteSulphur Springs. GEORGIA SUMMER RESORTS. 33
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THE ROANOKE VALLEY. Yellow Sulphur Springs and Blacks-burg Agricultural College are reachedfrom Christiansburg Depot, and asplendid country lies in every directionaround it. Central Station marks the half-waypoint between Lynchburg and Bristol,and looks important and business-like,with its extensive railroad shops andround-house. One mile west is New River Station, situated on the New River, a stream notedfor its charming scenery as well as for its own peculiar beauty. Branching outfrom the main track at this place, andclimbing along the precipices and woodedknolls that overlook the river, is arailroad to the heart of the wonderfulore beds and coal fields about Pocahon-tas, in West Virginia. Along this trackcan be seen most magnificent mountainviews, and the foaming river, not onlyawakens the loftiest imagination, butoffers to the pleasure seeker more sub-stantial enjoyment; there are wide ex-panses, where the canoe can glide ; deepfalls, where the air is kept cool and in-

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