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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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the keyless Organ ; shiverbeside the Frozen Geysers ; shrinkfrom the startling Spectre ; look be-tween its jeweled lattice-bars upon theVirgin Font; put away unholythoughts before the Angels Harp;let fall your vision into Pluto Chasm •lift it to the star-decked domes—over allis a flood of glory from the electriclamps, whitening the snowy white, dark-ening the shadows and writing on heartand sense and mind a wordless poetry ofeternal beauty. * * * *Out of Luray and away again down the To individualize between the manycharming spots in the famed valleys ofVirginia, to which the Chesapeake &Ohio Railway affords such quick andluxurious access, would be a hopelesstask. Each has its charm, and to eachpertain peculiar beauties. As in oldentime twas said that all roads lead toRome, so may we say in the year ofgrace, all Summer tourists paths turnnaturally to the famed Virginia springsthat bubble along this railway. One of the most remarkable featuresof the Shenandoah Valley Route, is
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THE VIRGIN FONT—CAVERNS OF LURAY. green flood of the Shenandoah Valley,past pretty farms, blossoming orchardsand redolent meadows to WAYNESBORO. This station is at the crossing of theShenandoah Valley and the Chesapeake& Ohio Roads. Interchange of trafficis had between the respective companieshere, and tourists from Baltimore, NewYork, Washington and Philadelphiaturn west to the White Sulphur Springsin West Virginia, and to the many pop-ular resorts alone:the latter line. that the entire line passes through aterritory, every foot of which, as seenfrom the car windows, is a picture ofbeauty. An artist might check hisoutfit to any station, and rest assuredthat from the station platform he wouldhave need for all the gorgeous tints thathis palette could hold, or his brushesspread. Leaving Waynesboro behind, thescenery lost no charm of lovelinessfrom its symphonies of green andgold, pale violet and white silver—allwas charming. GEORGIA SUMMER RESORTS 23 AT LOCH LAIRD STATION, a bra

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