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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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rchery, and a well-servedballroom and parlor. A beautiful littleriver, known as Shoal Creek, brawlsalong its rocky bed, within half a mile,affording abundant sport to those whoknow how to fish for black bass. The table is supplied with the best ofcountry fare, including wine and gsapesfrom the large vineyards of the pro-prietors. Daily mails, prompt transmission oftelegrams, easy coaching, pleasure boatsand good horses and buggies are pro-vided. Terms to suit the times. sent a green-coated vidette, MonteSano, to overlook the town. TheReports make Huntsville the secondhealthiest military post in the U. S. Abig spring bursts out of a rock bluff, 70feet high, and supplies the city with water60* degrees Fahr., cold. Here are twofemale colleges, large public schools andand a colored Normal College. Five,turnpike roads lead into the surroundingcountry, which is rich in farming landsand attractive in mountain scenery. Charming indeed, is the scenery, aswhirling past pretty towns, big planta-
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LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN. The arrow notch of this great rail-road bow is DECATUR, where the L. & N. R. R. crosses ourtrack, and where the shoally Tennes-see sings in soft love notes to the mod-est rock-flower^ or growls in angry bassagainst its banks, and high up againstthe spanning bridge. HUNTSVILLE, with 6,000 inhapitants, is beautifullysituated at the base of the CumberlandMountains, which picturesque range has tions, green valleys and shaggy moun-tains, the train climbs up the gradetoward its exit into Tennessee. AT STEVENSONS the Nashville & Chat. R. R. comes insearch of a passage through the appar-ently impassable mountains. The beautyof the great mountain ranges here isindescribable. Everywhere nature hasthrown out barriers, and barred with ahundred mountains the entrance to herfavorite retreats. Up the Tennessee valley, the gardenspot of the South, feasting your eyes 46 VIRGINIA, TENNESSEE AND upon the natural loveliness around,breathing a balmy air, listening to thechant of

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