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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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d are wellworth a visit, even to the mere tourist, forpleasure. The road up the Ocoee affordssome of the wildest and grandest sceneryto be found anywhere. Zinc ore is found in considerablequantities ; it is shipped in large quan-tities to New Jersey, but principally toClinton, Anderson County, Tenn., whereare extensive smelting works. It ismined near Mossy Creek, also on Clinchand Powells Rivers. Lead is found in numerous placesnear Jonesboro, Leadvale, on the French in time to catch the flush of a gloriousdaylight that swept silently and heavenlyover the hills and valleys that reposeupon this peerless plaza, whose north-ward end goes to sleep in the sunny valesof Maryland and Pennsylvania, Charles-ton and Riceville, at peace with all theworld, saluted us with a smile of quietbeauty, and we, passing with a mutualcivility, pulled up at ATHENS. One of the liveliest newspapers in thevalley, the Athens Post, is published here,and its genial editor said this about hischarming little city :
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SWEETWATER VALLEY. Broad River, Sweetwater and Chatata,but not developed to any great ex-tent. Gold has been found on Coco andAbrams Creek and other places. Other minerals, such as manganese,barytes, ochre, etc., are found in variousplaces in East Tennessee. Mica is ex-tensively mined ajt Bakersville, NorthCarolina, near the Tennessee State line. Marble quarries are worked extensivelyat numerous points, but principallyaear Rogersville, Whitesburg, Knoxville,Concord and Blue Springs. The beauty,variety and quality of East Tennesseemarble is creating a demand equal to allthe resources of the quarries. The train pulled out from Cleveland She has the most genial climate ofthe earth ; the most substantial courthouse in the State, the Wesleyan Univer-sity, Athens Female Seminary, sevenchurches, cotton mills, woolen and flour-ing mills, and the prettiest girls underheavens blue dome. In short, we are aGod-blessed set, worshipping under ourown vine and fig-tree, hanging the latch-string on th

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