The scenic attractions and summer resorts along the railways of the Virginia, Tennessee and Georgia Air Line- the Shenandoah Velley RR., the Norfolk and Western RR., and the East Tennessee, Virginia (14757935011)

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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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nviting theworld to come and enjoy with us ourhappiness. Sixteen miles from Athens, over a finemountain road, are the celebrated WHITE CLIFF SPRINGS, three thousand feet above the sea, andfrom this aerie in a pure and invig- 58 VIRGINIA, TENNESSEE AND orating atmosphere, it looks down uponlandscapes of surpassing beauty. Midway between Chattanooga andKnoxville, located in a grove of largeoaks, in the heart of a lovely valley,redolent with clover blossoms and sur-rounded with bold, dashing springs, isthe pretty town of SWEETWATER. Sweetwater Valley, called in Cherokeemusic, Umercanass, is known far and bordered river and wakes the echoes inthe valleys as it bears you away to Kings-ton, at the mouth of the incomingClinch. I should like to have my churchsomewhere along this beautiful Tennes-see Valley, said the dominie. Thepeople are too happy and contented forme to locate among them, respondedthe disciple of Blackstone. Ill tell you from a commercialpoint of view, said the third friend,
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KNOXVILLE, TENN. wide for its the inexhaustible soil. beauty, and forfertility of its loamy Situated on a grand bend of the Ten-nessee, commanded by lofty hills, is thetown of LOUDON. A splendid Howe-truss bridge, 1,800feet long, spans the river, and ruggedhills, fertile farms and grassy knolls seenfrom it in every direction attest theclaim of this place to be ranked with themost attractive in the State. A bustlingsteamer plows the bosom of the hill- here is the cheapest and best board,and more of it, than in any section Ihave ever honored with my appetite. KNOXVILLE is a flourishing city, with 15,000 inhab-itants ; handsome residences, fine publicand private schools, a white marble postoffice, several State institutions, the Ten-nessee University, and a climate theperfection of healthfulness. The viewfrom the grounds of the university is re-markably fine. The peaks of the Cum-berland, the Clinch and the Smoky arein the distance, and, five miles east, thelovely French Broad River empt