{"1": {"fulltext": "Z64-", "height": "3463", "width": "2168", "jp2-path": "standardguidetoa00gatc_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "Glass __\\nBook___\\nCOPYRIGHT DEPOSIT", "height": "3322", "width": "2033", "jp2-path": "standardguidetoa00gatc_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3344", "width": "2033", "jp2-path": "standardguidetoa00gatc_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3322", "width": "2033", "jp2-path": "standardguidetoa00gatc_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "^:1afiiip\\ntgndgr j Guide (p.\\nA^vilK.f^-ts\\n^UAtRUUUS, ?W\\\\V\\\\", "height": "3344", "width": "2053", "jp2-path": "standardguidetoa00gatc_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "A. J. LVi\\\\4AN, JOHN CHIL I X\\nMember- National Association Real Estate Dealers.\\nLYMAN CHILD,\\nReal Estate and Loan Brokers,\\nASHEVILLE, N. C.\\nOkkice in LEGA.Iv IBlock\\nProperty of every description for sale, botli in\\nthe city and country.\\nLoans placed on the best Real Estate security,\\nat 8 per cent, per annum.\\nTimber Lands in Western North Carolina and\\nEast Tennessee.\\nREFERENCES\\nHon. WM. R. COX, Washington, D. C.\\nHon. WALDO HUTCHINS, New York City.\\nHon. H. p. BALDWIN, Detroit, Mich.\\nWM. HAMERSLEY, Esq., Hartford, Conn.", "height": "3332", "width": "2048", "jp2-path": "standardguidetoa00gatc_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3344", "width": "2053", "jp2-path": "standardguidetoa00gatc_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3332", "width": "2022", "jp2-path": "standardguidetoa00gatc_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "THK\\nStandard Guide\\nASHBVILLB\\nAND\\nW^estern North Carolina.\\nI LLU STRIATED\\nROQBR DAVIS. /:^roP^^-;^\\nOCT 4- IBRT^t\\nPublishied by KRED. Iv. JACOBS, Asbeville, N. C.\\n1887.", "height": "3354", "width": "2007", "jp2-path": "standardguidetoa00gatc_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1887,\\nBy FRED. L. JACOBS,\\nIn the Office of the Librarian of Congress, Washington, D. C.\\nPRESS OF\\nKetterlinus Printing House,\\nArch and Fourth Streets,\\nPhiladelphia.", "height": "3337", "width": "1996", "jp2-path": "standardguidetoa00gatc_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "TO THE READER.\\nThis book is intended to be of practical value to the\\ntourist in finding the chief resorts of this region.\\nNo attempt has been made to describe the beauties of the\\nmountain resorts, such description being hardly necessary\\nin a work of this kind, and because it is impossible to\\nconvey in language an idea of the picturesqueness of the\\nscenery.\\nThe engravings are from original drawings by Mr. Roger\\nDavis, and were made expressly for this work. Their\\nartistic merit will be appreciated by the cultivated reader.\\nOne of the chief characteristics of Mr. Davis work is its\\nrare fidelity to nature. He makes no attempt to idealize,\\nbelieving that the imagination of the artist can add noth-\\ning to the natural arrangement of mountain, valley and\\nstream.\\nIt is hoped that this little volume will prove useful to\\nthe tourist, and, after his return to his home, a pleasant\\nreminder of his visit to these mountains.\\nEDWIN A. GATCHELL.\\nASHEVILLE, N. C,\\nSeptember, 1887.", "height": "3324", "width": "2012", "jp2-path": "standardguidetoa00gatc_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3337", "width": "1996", "jp2-path": "standardguidetoa00gatc_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "T^^M^* .^-^-l^^g^iigdii.\\nS\u00c2\u00bbMiail^^^t^^ll\u00c2\u00a3IBIffiBSB6rW-\\nM^^^mi^^Mi^^^^\\n^^wmm^^- f^i\\nPAGE\\nQ\\nAsHEViLLE Looking Backward, 1\\nAsHEViLLE Looking Forward, 17\\nScenery, Western North Carolina, 21\\nPlaces of Interest about Asheville, 23\\nElk Mountain, 27\\nGouche s Peak, 28\\nWeaverville, 29\\nRound Knob, 32\\nPiSGAH, 34\\nWaynesville, 35\\nPlaces of Interest near Waynesville, 37\\nHickory Nut Gap, 38\\nCesar s Head, 45\\nHot Springs, 49\\nRoan Mountain, 54\\nMount Mitchell, 58", "height": "3324", "width": "2012", "jp2-path": "standardguidetoa00gatc_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3337", "width": "1996", "jp2-path": "standardguidetoa00gatc_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "PAGE\\nMount Mitchell and Balsam Cone, 2\\nAsheville from Town Branch, 11\\nView from Connally s, 12\\nBeaumont, 16\\nScene on the Swannanoa River, 19\\nWestern North Carolina Railroad at Round Knob, 25\\nFountain at Round Knob, 31\\nHigh Trestle, 32\\nExterior of Distillery near Round Knob, 33\\nPisgah and Rat, 34\\nMail Carrier, 35\\nBits on the Nantahala, 36\\nFalls in Franklin County, 37\\nChimney Rock, 39\\nVance s Nose, 41\\nEntrance to Cave, 41\\nEsmeralda s Cabin, 43\\nCaesar s Head, 47\\nBig Tom Wilson, 57\\nMount Mitchell, 59\\nSmok}^ Range, 60\\nTrail to Mitchell s Peak, 61\\nPinnacles of Craggies, 62\\nBig Craggy, 63\\nIn the Craggies, 64", "height": "3324", "width": "2012", "jp2-path": "standardguidetoa00gatc_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3337", "width": "1996", "jp2-path": "standardguidetoa00gatc_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "ASHEVILLE, FROM TOWN BRANCH,", "height": "3324", "width": "2012", "jp2-path": "standardguidetoa00gatc_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "VIEW FROM CONNALLY S.", "height": "3337", "width": "1996", "jp2-path": "standardguidetoa00gatc_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "ASHKVILLE.\\nLOOKING BACKWARD.\\nASTING a backward\\nglance to the earliest\\nyears of the present cen-\\ntury, it is found that\\nAsheville was a little\\nhamlet in the mountain\\nwilderness, containing a\\nmere handful of brave\\nand hardy pioneers.\\nIn the year 1803 the\\nlittle settlement consist-\\ned of less than a dozen\\nlog cabins, containing a\\nstill smaller number of\\nfamilies. At that time\\nthere were few beaten\\ntracks over the mount-\\nains, save those made by the Indians and wild animals.\\nThe woods contained game of many kinds, and in great\\nabundance.", "height": "3324", "width": "2012", "jp2-path": "standardguidetoa00gatc_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "In the year 1805, when the government established a post\\nroute through Buncombe county, Asheville became a place\\nof some importance. This post-road became the chief\\nthoroughfare from the Carolinas and Georgia, to Tennessee,\\nKentucky, and the Western States.\\nMr. Andrew Erwin was the first postmaster. In the year\\n1806 the Asheville post-office was made the distributing\\noffice for Tennessee, Georgia, and the Carolinas. Mr. George\\nSwain was the second postmaster, and it is said that for\\ntwenty years he was never absent on the arrival of the mail\\nand that he distributed every letter with his own hands.\\nBeadon and Zebulon Baird were the first merchants in\\nBuncombe county. They brought the first Jews -harps to\\nthe mountains; these musical instruments becoming dan-\\ngerous rivals to the primitive gourd fiddles then in use.\\nDaniel Boone, though a native of Pennsylvania, came to\\nthis State in the last century, and was a denizen of western\\nNorth Carolina for some time.\\nFrom 1803 to 1844 the number of buildings in Asheville\\nnearly doubled. But that is saying very little when we\\nconsider that in the latter year there were less than a score\\nand all of these were either on or near Main Street.\\nIn the year 1844, there was no building on the east side\\nof Main Street, between the old Buck Hotel and Woodfin\\nStreet. There was a small building on the Woodfin Place\\nwhich is now used as a kitchen. Mr. Peter Stradley had a\\nblacksmith shop on the ground where the Carolina House\\nnow stands; he lived in a house back of the shop.\\nThe Johnson House, on the corner of Patton Avenue and\\nChurch Street, was used as a young ladies seminary. Rev.\\n14", "height": "3337", "width": "1891", "jp2-path": "standardguidetoa00gatc_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "John Dickson, A.M., IVF.D., was principal. On College\\nStreet the only building was one which is now used as a\\nkitchen on the Davidson Place. The only building east of\\nthe Woodtin House, was one used as the Methodist parson-\\nage. The land northeast of the Court House was used as a\\nparade ground for the militia.\\nOn South Main Street there was a frame store building,\\nowned by Mr. Montreville Patton, and situated where Van\\nGilder Brown s hardware store now is there were living\\nrooms over the rear of the store. There was a building\\nwhere Messrs. Herring Weaver s store stands; in fact, part\\nof the building is still standing. It was the old post-office\\nbuilding. The building on the northeast corner of Main\\nand Eagle Streets was occupied by Dr. Hardy. Part of the\\nEagle Hotel was then standing, and it was the first three-\\nstory building erected in Buncombe county it was the last\\nhouse on the east side of South Main Street. On the west\\nside, Mr. A. B. Chunn had a house on the corner of the\\nsquare and Patton Avenue, where Powell Snider s store\\nstands. Where Mr. Levy s store is, there was a bakery and\\nbar-room. Then there was, a little below the bakery, the\\nWhite House, used to accommodate the overflow from\\nthe Eagle Hotel. Still lower down was Patton s tannery,\\nshoe, and harness shop.\\nBattery Park, nameless then, was in the country even\\nas late as fifteen years ago, the boys used to shoot squirrels\\non Battery Porter, as the hill was formerly called.\\nThe first newspaper published in Asheville was the High-\\nland Messenger, edited by Rev. M. McAnally, now of St\\nLouis, Mo.\\n15", "height": "3314", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "standardguidetoa00gatc_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "^^f jum^;qt.t;,", "height": "3337", "width": "1891", "jp2-path": "standardguidetoa00gatc_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "LOOKING FORWARD.\\nNLY forty -three years have\\nelapsed since Asheville was\\na little hamlet containing\\neighteen houses it grew,\\nby the year 1870, to be a\\nvillage of fifteen hundred\\npeople, whose wants were sup-\\nplied by eight*- or ten stores.\\nSince the advent of the railroad,\\nin 1881, the town has grown\\nrapidly until it has become a\\nthriving city of eight thousand\\npeople and it is one of the\\nleading resorts in the South.\\nLast year some sixty thousand\\ntourists and invalids came from\\nnearly every State and Territory to enjoy the beautiful\\nscenery and the health-giving air for which this region is\\nso justly celebrated.\\nFor more than half a century the wealthy planters of the\\nlow country of the South have come up here annually to\\nenjoy the cool summers. Twenty years ago, however, an\\n17", "height": "3314", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "standardguidetoa00gatc_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "impetus was given to northern travel to Aslieville by\\nmeans of a pamphlet on western North Carolina, its agri-\\ncultural resources, mineral wealth, climate, salubrity and\\nscenery, written by Prof. H. P. Gatchell, M. D., and pub-\\nlished by E. J. Aston, Esq., of this place.\\nLooking forward into the near future the citizens of\\nAslieville expect, and with reason, to see it in a decade or\\nso a city of from twenty to thirty thousand inhabitants,\\nwith additional railroads, half a score of fine hotels, the\\nhills and valleys dotted with elegant villas, and the river\\nbanks lined with manufacturing establishments of various\\nkinds, giving employment to thousands of operatives.\\nJudging by what has been accomplished, and what is\\nunder wa} the most roseate prophecies which have been\\nmade do not seem Utopian to the most conservative\\nobserver.\\nThe city authorities have recently expended one hundred\\nthousand dollars in additional water works, street and other\\nimprovements. The streets and many public and private\\nbuildings are lighted by electricity, and gas pipes are now\\nbeing laid to furnish additional light. In addition to the\\nimprovements recently made, there will soon be a street\\nrailway and public schools.\\nAslieville is the railroad and commercial centre of western\\nNorth Carolina, and on account of its peculiar geographical\\nand topographical position, must always remain so.\\nThere are two banks in Aslieville, the First National and\\nthe Bank of Asheville, both well-managed institutions, with\\nample capital. There are six hotels, some of which com-\\npare favorably with any in the country. An elegant club", "height": "3337", "width": "1891", "jp2-path": "standardguidetoa00gatc_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "SCENE OX IHE SWANNAXOA R1\\\\ER.\\n19", "height": "3314", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "standardguidetoa00gatc_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "room affords social privileges for citizens and visitors, A\\nfree reading room and public library add to the attractions\\nof the place.\\nThe livery stables are well supplied with line turnouts\\nand the best of saddle horses. Ladies and gentlemen should\\ncome prepared to enjoy horseback rides over the roads and\\nbridle paths leading to the numerous points of interest\\namong the mountains near the city.\\nThe sportsman and angler should, in proper seasons,\\nbring gun and rod, since by mountain trips of fifteen or\\ntwenty miles he can find both fish and game.\\nThere are Episcopal, Methodist, Presbyterian, Baptist and\\nRoman Catholic churches, a college for young ladies and a\\nmilitary academy for young men.\\nOn arriving at the station the visitor will find a score of\\nelegant carriages and fine omnibuses to take him to any\\npart of the city the fare is twenty-five cents,", "height": "3337", "width": "1891", "jp2-path": "standardguidetoa00gatc_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "SCENERY OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.\\nregard to the scenery\\nof this region, Dr. Gatch-\\nell wrote Tliis is va-\\nried and grand beyond\\nthat of any other re-\\ngion east of the Rocky\\nMountains. Indeed, it\\nis rarely equalled in pic-\\nturesqueness in Europe\\nor America. On the\\nwest, the Alleghanies\\nsend up numerous peaks from five to six thousand feet\\nhigh on the east, the Blue Ridge rises in grand but less\\nlofty eminences, while near the centre of the region the\\nBlack Mountain range towers nearly seven thousand feet\\nabove tide water. Various other transverse ranges send up\\npeaks from five thousand to six thousand or more feet in\\nheight. The short Black Mountain range pierces the air\\nwith thirteen peaks above the altitude of Mount Washington.\\nFrom heights clad with verdure to their summits, num-\\nberless perennial springs send their clear, cool waters down\\nthe steeps to join others in the valley below, whence they", "height": "3314", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "standardguidetoa00gatc_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "go on their way to swell the great flood pouring along the\\nMississippi Valley, to lose themselves in the waters of the\\nGulf, there to contribute to that mighty ocean-river, which,\\nsweeping across the Atlantic, bears tropic warmth to miti-\\ngate the region of British and Norwegian winters.\\nIn these mountain streams, evidence of the purity of the\\nwater, basks the speckled trout. The deer and black bear\\ntempt the hunter to forest and mountain, as does the trout\\nthe angler, with rod and line, to the limpid waters of the\\nbrook.\\nEverywhere mountains and waterfalls, cliffs and valleys,\\ngaps and glens, lend variety to the scene, and inspire de-\\nlight in the lover of the beautiful and sublime, while\\nhealth is borne on the breeze, beaut} and grandeur fill the\\neye and soul. It is a region to rear children in health,\\nplenty and peace. It is the region of the finest physical\\ndevelopment between the Rocky Mountains and the At-\\nlantic. To the well-balanced mind it presents attractions\\nwhich the crowded city, with its insalubrious air and its\\nmad chase after wealth, cannot offer.\\nHealth and competence are better than sickness and\\nwealth.", "height": "3337", "width": "1891", "jp2-path": "standardguidetoa00gatc_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "PLACES OF INTEREST ABOUT ASHEVILLE, AND\\nTRIPS TO MOUNTAIN RESORTS.\\nI HERE are few resorts in the\\nUnited States from which one\\nmay make so many pleasant\\nexcursions to points of inter-\\nest, by rail, carriage, or in the\\nsaddle, as from Asheville.\\nThere are forty or fifty places\\nof interest within easy reach\\nof Asheville, and all over charming mountain roads.\\nThe tourist, on going to any of the mountain peaks,\\nshould take extra heavy wraps, including rubber coats or\\nblankets, in case of rain.\\nVisitors always return from such trips, tired, perhaps, but\\nwith good appetites and renewed vitality. They should not\\nattempt to make these excursions too hurriedly it is better\\nto make fewer trips and remain longer at each place, so as\\nto get the flavor of the place, so as to bring back with\\nthem a mental picture of the scenes visited which will re-\\nmain with them for years.\\n23", "height": "3314", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "standardguidetoa00gatc_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "It will help the reader in learning the directions of the\\nvarious points of interest to bear in mind that Main Street\\nextends north and south, and that the Court House faces\\nthe west.\\nBeaucatcher Mountain, which affords a fine view of\\nmountain and valley, is the eminence to the right of the\\ngap in the ridge directly east of the Court House.\\nTown Mountain extends north of the same gap, and the\\nview from the top of it is very fine the road up this moun-\\ntain leads past the old reservoir.\\nRichmond Hill is the country seat of Mr. Richmond\\nPearson it is about three and a half miles northwest of\\nthe city. This place reminds one somewhat of the country\\nplaces in England, except that art has not as yet done as\\nmuch for it as is usually the case in the mother country.\\nTake Haywood and Academy Streets, turn to the left, and\\nfollow a winding road to and across the French Broad River,\\nto the top of the hill, and down through the park.\\nTahkeeostee Farm extends along the river opposite the\\nrailroad station. There are extensive drives on this place\\nfrom which may be obtained fine views of the city.\\nSulphur Springs Hotel is situated on an extensive tract of\\nland, recently much improved, about four miles from town.\\nThe building is new and well equipped in every way.\\nBefore the war, this was a famous resort, and it is destined\\nto regain its popularity.\\nFernihurst Connally s View is two miles south of Ashe-\\nville. The view from the house and grounds is probably\\nthe most pleasing of its kind in the entire region. One\\nmay feast his eyes on a happy combination of mountain\\n24", "height": "3337", "width": "1891", "jp2-path": "standardguidetoa00gatc_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3314", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "standardguidetoa00gatc_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "and valley, meadow and stream, all of which go to make up\\na perfect landscape.\\nThe Swannanoa Drive, which extends along the north\\nbank of that stream, is a great favorite. Proceed out South\\nMain Street to the bridge, turn to the left and drive up the\\nstream. Returning, leave the river drive at the Murphy\\nfarm and come over Beaucatcher.\\nSunset Drive is one of the most beautiful about the city.\\nIt extends along Town Mountain, beginning just beyond\\nCamp Patton in the northeast portion of town. There are\\nvery pleasing views from all parts of this drive.\\nCliveden is the name of a charming wooded hill to the\\nright of Patton Avenue, just before it slopes to the river.\\nThere is a pretty rustic summer-house on it where one may\\nrest in the shade, and enjoy a view of the French Broad\\nRiver, both up and down the stream. From this hill may\\nbe seen Tahkeeostee, Richmond Hill, Connally s View,\\nBeaucatcher, Battery Park, and other points.\\nAlexander s is a famous stopping-place on the French\\nBroad, ten miles from Asheville. In the old coaching days\\nthis old tavern was one of the most popular places on the\\nroad to Warm Springs.\\n26", "height": "3337", "width": "1891", "jp2-path": "standardguidetoa00gatc_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "ELK MOUNTAIN.\\n7IIE drive, or ride, to Elk Mountain has long been a\\nin^ favorite one with visitors and residents, since it\\n_1{ may be made in a few hours.\\nTake the Beaver Dam Road, as described in the\\ntrip to Mount Mitchell, to the top of the ridge, but instead of\\ngoing down on the other side you turn to the right and\\nproceed along the top of the ridge for about one and one-\\nhalf miles to Buzzard Rock. Here you will find a spring of\\nclear, cool water and an excellent place for picnicking, as\\nwell as a view of mountain and valley which is well worth\\nthe trip.\\n27", "height": "3314", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "standardguidetoa00gatc_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "GOUCHE S PEAK.\\nt;_l/HERE are a great many best views in the vicinity of\\nAsheville. One will prefer that from Beaucatcher,\\nanother that from Battery Porter, while the next\\nman you meet will declare that none of them are\\nequal in beauty to that from Gouche s Peak. Life is too\\nshort to argue the question with any of these champions of\\nthe special points, especially as it is simply a matter of taste.\\nTo reach Gouche s Peak take Beaver Dam Road, and,\\ninstead of taking either road to Weaverville, you pass both\\nof them, continuing on till you come to Howell s Mill you\\ntake the road on the left of this mill, which leads up the\\nside of the ridge to the Peak.\\n28", "height": "3337", "width": "1891", "jp2-path": "standardguidetoa00gatc_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "WEAVERVILLE.\\nJo reach this pleasant little village you should take\\nNorth Main Street, following it as it turns to th^\\nleft at the Woodfin Place, taking the first turn to\\nthe right into Merrimon Avenue. After ascending\\nthe hill turn about to enjoy the view of the city from that\\npoint, the towers of the Woodfin House and the Court\\nHouse, and the Battery Park Hotel, as seen above the trees\\nall go to form a very pleasing picture.\\nProceed out Beaver Dam Road, which is a continuation\\nof Merrimon Avenue, until you come to a little chapel on\\nthe right, on a low hill, nestling among the trees and chinc-\\napin bushes. Turn to the left and follow the road to\\nWeaverville. The foregoing is the best way to drive, but\\nif you are in the saddle 3^ou will find it pleasanter to go\\npast the little chapel, around two or three bends in the\\nroad, past several cabins and a white church, take the first\\nturn to the left after passing this church, which leads up\\nand over the ridge. Before reaching the top of the ridge\\nyou will find a spring of clear, cold water under a tree,\\nwhere you may stop and slake your thirst. A little way\\nabove the spring you may obtain an excellent view of\\nAsheville and Beaver Dam Valley. Passing over the ridge\\n29", "height": "3314", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "standardguidetoa00gatc_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "you will see, somewhat to the left, the cluster of white\\nhouses forming Weaverville. This village boasts of a col-\\nlege, a woolen factory, a mill, hotel, stores, etc. There is\\nalso the Post Prandial Mineral Spring which is said to\\npossess valuable remedial qualities.\\nThe village contains about two hundred inhabitants. It\\nis situated in a broad, level valley, and is surrounded by\\nmore or less distant mountains. It is eight miles from\\nAsheville and four miles from Alexander s, on the French\\nBroad.\\n3\u00c2\u00b0", "height": "3337", "width": "1891", "jp2-path": "standardguidetoa00gatc_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "i|il!l!llllllillllllliilllllliiiili!liliiPi\u00e2\u0084\u00a2ilill!!till!i!iliiiiiiillllil!iiiii\\n,V.*\\n-4S../*\\nFOUNTAIN AT ROUND KNOB.", "height": "3314", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "standardguidetoa00gatc_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "ROUND KNOB.\\n^OUND KNOB HOTEL is one\\nof the pleasantest resting\\niX|\\\\| places in the mountains.\\nThe proprietor, Colonel\\nSprague, is noted for his courtesy\\nto his guests, and as being a good\\nprovider.\\nFrom the hotel one may make\\npleasant excursions in various di-\\nrections. The scenery is very beau-\\ntiful, and it differs somewhat from\\nHicH TRESTLE. that about Asheville.\\nThe chief features of interest at Round Knob are ^the\\nfountain and the railroad engineering, the latter necessary\\nto overcome the steep grade in climbing the Blue Ridge.\\nThe road winds and twists upon itself like a gigantic snake.\\nThe famous fountain at this place throws a great body of\\nwater to a height of two hundred and sixty-eight feet, fall-\\ning, when a breeze strikes it, like\\nTangled skeins of whitest lace.\\nVisitors will find it a pleasant walk to cross the hills to\\nJarrett s tunnel, one-half mile from the hotel he will reach\\n32", "height": "3317", "width": "2010", "jp2-path": "standardguidetoa00gatc_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "the tunnel before the train does, if he starts at the same\\ntime, since the train climbs for four and one-half miles\\nalontr the track, while he walks one-ninth of that distance.\\nLet him pass through Jarrett s and McElroy s tunnels,\\nand then turn down to the left to the old Stage Road, and\\nfollow that to Henry s Station, the former terminus of the\\nrailroad and the stage line. He may then walk up the track\\nto the hotel, arriving with a good appetite for the next\\nmeal.\\nIf he is there in the winter he will see beautiful holly\\ntrees, symmetrical in shape, and loaded with their bright,\\nred berries. He will find mistletoe hanging to the Jimbs of\\ntrees, and, possibly, a few blue violets, when the surround-\\ning mountain peaks are snow-capped.\\nThere is a very good trail from Round Knob to Mt.\\nMitchell, and one may obtain a guide, horses, and tents, if\\ndesired.\\n^i^ilM.^iLJ^B4l^^^kE", "height": "3314", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "standardguidetoa00gatc_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "PISGAH AND RAT,\\nPISGAH.\\n^T is needless to say that the Bun-\\ncombe Pisgah is not the one on\\nwhich Moses stood to view the\\nlandscape o er. Nevertheless, the\\ntrip to the top of this mountain is one\\nwhich the tourist will certainly enjoy.\\nThe view from the summit is very fine, indeed. There are\\nA ery frequent showers on Pisgah it is best to time your\\nvisit to this peak so as to reach it after you have seen it\\nraining on the mountain.\\nTo reach Pisgah, leave Asheville by way of Patton Ave-\\nnue; cross the French Broad, and drive out to Hominy,\\nwhich is four miles from Asheville. Proceed to the foot of\\nthe mountain, which is five miles beyond Hominy. Spend\\nthe night at Mrs. Foister s cabin. In the morning, climb\\nDeer Ridge to Rat or Beaver Tail, over the back and\\nhead and up the peak. The summit is rocky and some\\ntwenty feet broad. From the top of Pisgah one may see\\nseveral States.\\nReturn over the same road, arriving in Asheville in the\\nevening.\\n34", "height": "3317", "width": "2010", "jp2-path": "standardguidetoa00gatc_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "MAIL CARRIER.\\nWAYNESVILLE.\\n^W.Wa YNESVILLE is a pleasant vil-\\nr 1 lage thirty miles from Ashe-\\n)ilMXM ville. It is reached by train\\nover the Murphy Division of\\nthe Western North Carolina Railroad.\\nThe place was named in honor of Gen-\\neral Anthony Wayne, Mad Anthony, as\\nthe old hero was called. It is the county\\nseat of Haywood county, named for Hon. William Hay-\\nwood, and formerly a part of Buncombe.\\nThe mountains rise within a very short distance of the\\ntown. Old Bald, the Balsams, Lickstone Mountain, and\\nMount Serbal will be pointed out to you. The Junaluska\\nrange or group, forms a prominent feature in the landscape\\ntoward the west. No less than five peaks, to be seen from\\nWaynesville, tower six thousand feet above the sea.\\nThe chief attractions in the immediate vicinity of the\\ntown are the White Sulphur Springs and Hotel.\\nThe hotel is new and well equipped. The grounds are\\nvery fine, and the views from the broad verandas are very\\npleasing. The waters are justly celebrated.\\n35\\n^^^r", "height": "3288", "width": "2022", "jp2-path": "standardguidetoa00gatc_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3317", "width": "2010", "jp2-path": "standardguidetoa00gatc_0042.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "PLACES OF INTEREST.\\nTROM WAVNESVILLE TO MILES.\\nWhite Sulphur Springs Hotel 1\\nMount Maria 1\\nJohnathan s Creek 6 to 8\\nCataloochee 20\\nCherokee Indian Reservation 20\\nSoco Falls 16\\nSoco Gap 15\\nBunche s Creek Falls 20\\nScott Creek\\nChamber s Mountain\\nPisgah\\nLenoir s Farm\\nFALLS IN FRANKLIN COUNTY.\\n7\\n9\\n18\\n12\\nPigeon River G to lo\\n10\\n7\\n8\\n10\\nCold Mountain\\nLickstone Mountain\\nCaney Fork Balsam\\nGreat Divide\\nMount Serbal 8\\nMount Junaluska 3 to t)\\nNuca Dave 3\\nTurnpike 15\\n37", "height": "3283", "width": "2048", "jp2-path": "standardguidetoa00gatc_0043.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "HICKORY NUT GAP.\\n[f ICKORY NUT GAP is but a day s drive\\nfrom Asheville. The country immedi-\\nately surrounding the Gap and Chim-\\nney Rock, contains more points of inter-\\nest to the intelligent and observing\\ntourist than any other portion of western\\nNorth Carolina. It has long been a\\nfavorite region for lovers of the beauti-\\nful and interesting in nature.\\nThe trip may be made from Asheville\\nin carriage or saddle. Probably the\\nlatter mode of travel is preferable for those who are capable\\nof enduring the slight fatigue which is a necessary accompa-\\nniment of a horseback ride of twenty-four miles.\\nLeave Asheville, after dinner, by way of South Main\\nStreet, cross the bridge over the Swannanoa River and\\nturn to the left about three hundred yards beyond. Follow\\nthis road past an old mill, across Little Cedar and Big\\nCedar Mountains, about seven and one-half miles from\\nAsheville, and where may be enjoyed very fine views.\\nProceed on your trip to Fairview, twelve miles from\\nAsheville. There is a little cluster of houses at the cross-\\n38", "height": "3317", "width": "2010", "jp2-path": "standardguidetoa00gatc_0044.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "CHIMNEY ROCK.", "height": "3314", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "standardguidetoa00gatc_0045.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "roads one of these roads leads to Crooked Creek, and the\\nother to Arden and Hendersonville.\\nTake the straight road across Cane Creek to Mrs. Sher-\\nrill s, one-half mile this side of the summit of Hickory Nut\\nGap, where you may obtain lodging and meals. This\\nhouse is several hundred feet above Asheville, and it was\\nbuilt many years ago. It is a rambling, roomy habitation,\\nand has galleries on two sides. Here you may obtain fine\\nviews of the Blue and Swannanoa Ridges. There is a\\nspring here which is so cold that it almost makes one s\\nteeth chatter.\\nFrom Mrs. Sherrill s, climb up through the gap in the\\nBlue Ridge, and nine and one-half miles down the Broad\\nRiver to Judge Logan s. The Broad (not French Broad)\\nmakes a great fuss tumbling over rocks, and dashing down\\ninclines. You pass cabins, falls, and cascades, and enor-\\nmous rocks. The river has a rocky bed, the water is clear\\nand cold, and is shaded by handsome pines which grow\\nalong its banks. Fine views of mountain scenery are to be\\nenjoyed here and there on the descent. Some of the dwell-\\nings along the road occupy very fine sites, and the\\ndoor-yards are ornamented by willows and other\\ntrees.\\nFive miles down the mountain is Bat Cave Post Office,\\nand two and one-half miles beyond you may obtain a view\\nof Round Top and Chimney Rock. If not pressed for time,\\ntake half a day to visit the cave, then go to Round Top\\nMountain. Here you will see bold, rocky cliffs, forming a\\npleasant contrast to the smooth, verdure-clad hills about\\nAsheville.\\n40", "height": "3317", "width": "2010", "jp2-path": "standardguidetoa00gatc_0046.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "^s.\\n.^t*?", "height": "3309", "width": "1944", "jp2-path": "standardguidetoa00gatc_0047.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "Continue your trip to Judge G. W. Logan s Hotel, where\\nyou will find a hearty welcome, comfortable quarters, and\\ngood fare.\\nFrom Judge Logan s you may make short excursions to\\nthe various points of interest, chief of which, perhaps, is\\nBald Mountain Shaking Bald. This may be reached by\\nroad or trail, on foot or in the saddle. It is necessary to\\nhave a guide, and you will find Jimmy Logan one of the\\nbest. He is bright, courteous, and able and willing to tell\\nyou just what you want to know. Ladies will find him\\npolite and considerate in every way.\\nShould you wish to penetrate the first cave you will re-\\nquire a light. The entrance is very small, but the cham-\\nber grows larger. There is a window in the cave from\\nwhich one may look out upon a pleasing landscape, includ-\\ning Sugar Loaf Mountain and Valley.\\nGeneral attention was drawn to Bald Mountain some\\ntwelve years ago by reports of earthquake-like rumblings,\\nand such a vibration of the earth for miles around as to\\ncause the breakage of windows and dishes in houses in the\\nvicinity. There is a fissure in the surface of the mountain\\none-half mile in length, six feet wide in places, and of\\nunmeasured depth. Rumbling sounds have repeatedly\\nbeen heard since the great shock of 1874, which may be\\ndue to the falling of rocks down the fissure. From the\\nfissure may be seen Chimney Rock, King s Mountain and\\nFalls.\\nBald Mountain is the scene of Mrs. Burnett s charming\\nplay Esmeralda. One may see Esmeralda s Cabin\\nperched up on the side of the mountain. This, it should\\n42", "height": "3317", "width": "2010", "jp2-path": "standardguidetoa00gatc_0048.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "43", "height": "3314", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "standardguidetoa00gatc_0049.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "be explained, is simply a natural rock formation re-\\nsembling a cabin, it really looks very much like one,\\nseen from a proper distance at noon, when the light and\\nshade aid the color and formation of the rock to carry out\\nthe deception.\\nYou may go to the Pools without a guide. Take the road\\nfor about three hundred feet down from Judge Logan s\\nturn to the right and cross the Broad River on a log.\\nProceed up the road to the creek, turn to the right to where\\na log lies across the creek. From this point may be seen\\nthe three pools to the best advantage. Now take the path\\nup the hill you will come to the largest and deepest pool\\nfirst the exact depth is not known, it has been sounded to\\na depth of two hundred feet without finding bottom. Con-\\ntinue on the path to the second pool, which is eight} feet\\ndeep j)roceed up the path to the last pool, which has a\\ndepth of seventy feet. It is worth your while to climb\\nsome fifty feet above this to see the Narrows. The pools\\ncontain very cold, clear water, and the rocky sides are worn\\nvery smooth. Retrace your steps to the hotel.\\nP)ut, after all, the Chimney Rock is the most remarkable\\nfeature of this curiosity shop prepared by nature.\\nChimney Rock is five hundred feet in height, it is sixty\\nfeet wide at the base, and forty feet near the top. It is\\n.necessary to take a guide to this point. On the top of the\\nrock grow a few stunted pines. No one has been on the\\ntop of it. From the vicinity of the rock one may obtain a\\nfine view of Pisgah and the Hickor}^ Nut Falls. These falls\\nor cascades are the highest in this region, the water falling\\na distance of twelve or thirteen hundred feet.\\n44", "height": "3317", "width": "2010", "jp2-path": "standardguidetoa00gatc_0050.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "CESAR S HEAD.\\nI N this entire region there is no pleasanter summer resort\\nthan Ciesar s Head. To reach it the tourist should\\nstart from Asheville at noon (unless he wishes to go to\\nHendersonville by train, when he should leave after an\\nearly breakfast), leaving the town by way of South Main\\nStreet, the continuation of which leads to the Swannanoa\\nRiver. Drive over the bridge, keeping the main road to\\nArden Park, ten miles from your starting point. This is a\\nfine estate, consisting of several hundred acres, owned by\\nC. W. Beal, Esq., whose residence is situated upon an emi-\\nnence somewhat back from the main road. Near the resi-\\ndence is the Arden Park Hotel, built for the accommodation\\nof summer visitors, who find it a delightful place at which\\nto spend the heated term. It is especially desirable for those\\nwho wish to enjoy the pleasures of real country life, where\\nthey may stroll through meadows and woods, where there\\nis not the restraint necessarily connected with life in a\\nhotel in the city.\\nThere is a fine view of field, river and mountain. Part\\nof the estate is under cultivation, but the owner has wisely\\nreserved a hundred acres of native forest, consisting of a\\ngreat variety of trees. The river, a mile distant, offers op-\\nportunity for the angler to try his skill.\\n45", "height": "3314", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "standardguidetoa00gatc_0051.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "There are numerous s})rings in the park, some of which\\ncontain mineral properties. One, a chalybeate spring, has\\nbeen found on analysis to resemble very closely the famous\\nSweetwater of Virginia. There ara some very attractive\\ninteriors here, being finished in native woods. The guests\\nat Arden come from various parts of the South, from\\nCharleston to New Orleans.\\nIf the traveler does not wish to remain at Arden Park, he\\npresses on past the village of Arden to Hendersonville,\\ntwenty-one miles from Asheville, and which he will reach\\nin time for supper. He will find this a pleasant and pros-\\nperous village the main street of which is very wide and\\nshaded by three rows of trees, one row extending through\\nthe middle of the street. Leaving Hendersonville after\\nbreakfast, you will arrive at Sandy River, the half-way\\nhouse, at noon. After dinner you will drive on to Buck\\nForest Hotel, seventeen miles. Here you will see a score\\nor more antlers fastened to the house and trees, relics of the\\ntimes when it was a famous rendezvous for deer hunters.\\nYou then drive on to see the Bridal Veil, High, Little River,\\nConnestee and Triple Falls; the river dividing into three\\nsections to form the latter.\\nAfter visiting the Falls, drive on to Capt. Gowers, two\\nand one-half miles from Buck Forest Hotel, for supper and\\nlodging. After breakfast proceed to Caesar s Head up a\\ngradual ascent, stopping on the way one mile this side to\\nsee Raven Cliff Falls, considered very fine.\\nCsesar s Head consists of a bold, rocky spur of the Blue\\nRidge from which may be enjoyed a view, which for extent\\nis probably not surpassed, unless it be from the summit of\\n46", "height": "3327", "width": "1917", "jp2-path": "standardguidetoa00gatc_0052.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": "Roan Mountain. You can see a stretch of country, scores\\nand scores of miles across, and from the shelf of rock which\\nforms the head one may look down tliree thousand feet to\\nthe level country below.\\nAbout one-fourth mile from the summit, down a gentle\\nincline, is situated Ctesar s Head Hotel, where many tourists\\nremain while seeking health and pleasure. The hotel will\\naccommodate about two hundred guests.\\nThere is a mineral spring at the hotel, which is said to\\npossess remedial value in diseases of liver and kidneys.\\nThere is a daily mail received, and there are the usual\\namusements for visitors.\\nThe scenery within the range of vision from the high\\ncliff is varied and beautiful. The extent of the view is only\\nlimited by the power of the eye-sight. Standing upon the\\n47", "height": "3314", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "standardguidetoa00gatc_0053.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "Head one commands a view from the Roan on the Ten-\\nnessee border to the Black Mountain Range, to Pisgah, the\\nBalsams, Hogback, to the great Whitesides in Macon\\nCounty and from the Currahee near Atlanta, Georgia, to\\nKings Mountain in North Carolina, a distance of one hun-\\ndred and eighty miles.\\nYou may return to Asheville over the same route taken\\nto Ciiesar s Head, or you may go by way of Brevard. Leave\\nCsesar s Head at noon, arriving at Brevard for supper.\\nBrevard is a pleasant village a short distance from the\\nFrench Broad River, thirty-two miles above Asheville.\\nShining Rock, which is an immense precipice of white\\nquartz, and wdiicli shines in the sunlight like silver, may\\nbe seen from tlie mountain tops; it is six hundred feet high\\nand about one mile in length.\\nLeave Brevard and follow the road leading down the\\nFrench Broad Valley to Asheville.", "height": "3332", "width": "1881", "jp2-path": "standardguidetoa00gatc_0054.jp2"}, "55": {"fulltext": "HOT SPRINGS, MADISON COUNTY.\\nFORMERLY CALLED WARM SPRINGS.\\nj;|W/OR many years previous to the completion of the\\n[pi Western North Carolina Railroad in 1882, the route\\n^4^ from Asheville to Warm Springs was by stage down\\nthe picturesque valley of the French Broad. For\\nseveral miles from Asheville this old road is still in good\\ncondition, and affords a most romantic drive but in other\\nparts the road is impracticable for carriages. However, as\\nthe railroad runs the whole distance on the very margin of\\nthe river, none of the interest of the trip is lost by the\\nchange. It is in this course of thirty-six miles, between\\nAsheville and Warm Springs, that the French Broad is\\nmost wild and, having left behind the quiet valley of\\nTransylvania, noisily rushes onward to its resistless dash\\nthrough the Alleghany Mountains. No longer a quiet\\nstream, gently sweeping grassy and flowery banks shaded\\nwith willows and birch, it is now a roaring, plunging tor-\\nrent, pouring around the bowlders, which it covers with\\nspray, sweeping down the frequent rocky ledges in foaming\\ncascades, and loudl}^ challenging the immovable mountains\\nto make way for its course to the sea. At Deep Water, in\\nsight of the Warm Springs Hotel, the mountains, which, up\\n49", "height": "3314", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "standardguidetoa00gatc_0055.jp2"}, "56": {"fulltext": "to this point, stand off at a respectful distance, close up, and\\nclose in the river to its narrowest compass. It is here only\\none hundred and fifty feet wide, but it is forty-five feet deep.\\nThe railroad, to reach the opposite bank, crosses it diagon-\\nally by the iron bridge, with a clear span of two hundred\\nand sixty feet, squeezing itself, as it were, round the rock}^\\nface of the mountain, on the right bank, to be received with\\nthe same grudging hospitality by the hard front of the left\\nbank, and twists its way by a very short curve into the line,\\nwhich, in a few hundred yards, brings it into the smiling\\nand beautiful opening in which the Warm Springs are situ-\\nated. A broad, beautiful, undulating plain, containing a\\nhundred acres, expands in bright contrast to the labyrinth\\narea out of which the road has just escaped. On the right\\nbank, mountains still tower above the water on the left\\nthey retreat several hundred yards, and the open area is still\\nfurther increased by the valley formed by the passage of the\\nlarge and romantic Spring Creek, which comes out of the\\nmountains at this point, and finds its way into the French\\nBroad, a few j^ards below the hotel. Along the knobs that\\ndot the valley are the beautiful residences of Mrs. Andrew\\nJohnson, Jr., Colonel J. H. Rumbough, Major Hill and Dr.\\nLawrence and there, through beautiful grounds, grass-cov-\\nered, and adorned with trees and shrubbery, passing a large,\\nclear fish-pond on the right and the sparkling Spring Creek\\non the left, the Warm Springs Hotel with its ample dimen-\\nsions, its elegant table, its pleasures for the well and its com-\\nforts for the invalid, is reached.\\nThe Warm Springs were discovered in 1785 by Tennessee\\nmilitia pursuing a band of Cherokees. As early as 1786\\n50", "height": "3332", "width": "1886", "jp2-path": "standardguidetoa00gatc_0056.jp2"}, "57": {"fulltext": "the Springs became a place of resort for health-seekers from\\nthe South, and ever since it has been a great resort for\\ninvalids and pleasure-seekers, no place in the South being\\nmore widely known or more popular. The curative prop-\\nerties of the water, added to the invigorating luxury of the\\nwarm baths, and the salubrity of the magnificent vale\\nin which the Springs are situated, deservedly attract thous-\\nands of visitors annually. Formerly, the Springs had a\\ntemperature of 102 to 104 degrees, Fahrenheit, but excava-\\ntions to increase the flow, reached a vein which flows at a\\ntemperature of 117 degrees, Fahrenheit and it is proposed\\nto change the name of the place from Warm Springs to Hot\\nSprings.\\nThe hotel provides elegant and ample facilities for\\nhygenic bathing in the warm mineral and electric waters,\\nwith retiring rooms attached, and offers a large swimming\\npool for pleasure parties as well.\\nThe section of country named Warm Springs presents\\nmany local features of beauty and interest. There are, per-\\nhaps, no dull or uninteresting walks about the place, and\\nlook in what direction one may, the eye never fails to rest\\nupon some object of magnificent scenery. A few places\\nare just mentioned. Evergreen Island; a natural park often\\nor twelve acres, with the roaring river rushing by, a lovely\\nretreat, two hundred yards from the hotel. Cliff Top Road;\\na shaded, elevated walk or horseback ride, presenting a fine\\nview of AVarm Springs Valley for four or five miles up\\nand down the river, begins six hundred yards from the\\nhotel. Oettinger Bubbling Springs; a series of very cold min-\\neral springs one mile and a half. Still Water a mile of\\n51", "height": "3314", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "standardguidetoa00gatc_0057.jp2"}, "58": {"fulltext": "still water in the French Broad, clear of rocks, splendid for\\nrowing and swimming six hundred yards. Deer Park\\nMountain; rear of Col. Rumbough s residence, fine view,\\nvery large ascent one mile and a half. Deer Park Road\\nelegant road, shaded in afternoon two miles in length,\\nalong the side of Deer Park Mountain, half way from base\\nto summit, suitable for walking, riding and driving begins\\nhalf a mile from hotel. Prospect Mountain rises from Pros-\\npect plateau ascending it, and traversing Long Mountain\\nfor another mile one has a splendid view of Asheville, por-\\ntions of Western North Carolina and East Tennessee.\\nRoadway for foot and horse in constant use. Base, one mile\\nfrom hotel. Spring Creek Falls; a wild, rugged and beauti-\\nful scene in the solitude of the mountain fastnesses, on the\\nroad to Upper Spring Creek region one mile from hotel.\\nThe Triple Cascades; four hundred yards above the Falls.\\nThe Creek is divided into three streamlets and falls over the\\nrocks in all one hundred and fifty feet. Bluff Mountain\\nthe highest mountain in the vicinity, accessible all the way\\nby horseback, and for vehicles, to within three miles of the\\nsummit, which is ten miles from the hotel. Across the\\nFrench Broad are the following places of interest Silver\\nCreek Mine; the wildest and most solitary stream of the\\nmountains; a disused trail renders the exploration of its\\ndreary gorges easy. Flows into French Broad six hundred\\nyards above the hotel. Lover s Leap overhangs Asheville\\nTurnpike, a few yards from Silver Creek a pathway to the\\ntop eight hundred yards from the hotel. Lover s Leap\\nMountain towers six hundred feet above Lover s Leap, most\\nrugged and picturesc[ue of all the mountains surrounding\\n52", "height": "3327", "width": "1917", "jp2-path": "standardguidetoa00gatc_0058.jp2"}, "59": {"fulltext": "the Warm Springs Valley, and most frequently ascended\\nsummit, three-fourths of a mile from hotel. The Narrows or\\nDeep Waters usually perfectly still and calm so deep, bot-\\ntom has never been found splendid fishing one mile and\\na half from hotel. Mountain Island; a mountain in the\\nFrench Broad, its head two miles from the hotel. French\\nBroad Rapids; at the foot of Mountain Island and head of\\nthe Narrows one mile and a half from hotel. Falls of\\nFrench Broad at head of Mountain Island a scene of in-\\ndescribable grandeur. Round Top Mountain immediately\\nopjDOsite hotel top, three-fourths of a mile distant delight-\\nful path cut in the mountain side splendid view. The Cas-\\ncades, or Lovers Retreat romantic, shaded seclusion four\\nhundred yards. Rich Mountain; overlooks East Tennessee\\nand western North Carolina, Jonesboro, and Greenville,\\nhouse and tomb of President Johnson, and Cumberland\\nGap, sixty miles away. Several States in sight. Rich\\nMountain Turnpike passes within half a mile of the sum-\\nmit, which can be reached by horse or foot four miles from\\nhotel. Big Hill; delightful morning or evening walk road\\nskirting a precipice not over three-fourths of a mile going\\nand return to hotel. Pai7it Rock grand and massive gran-\\nite rock, on which the Indians painted indelible hieroglyph-\\nics that have never been deciphered lying across line be-\\ntween Tennessee and North Carolina. No tourist can afford\\nto miss it. Route a good turnpike all the way along the\\nFrench Broad, six miles from hotel. Chimney Rocks; in\\nvicinity of Paint Rock, towering three hundred feet above\\nthe French Broad, their summits inaccessible to human\\nfeet.\\n53", "height": "3314", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "standardguidetoa00gatc_0059.jp2"}, "60": {"fulltext": "ROAN MOUNTAIN.\\nEARCH the world over and you will not\\nfind a pleasanter summer hotel than\\nthe one on Roan Mountain.\\nThe Roan, in addition to its at-\\ntractions for tourists and its advantages\\nfor hay-fever patients, has great interest\\nfor the naturalist.\\nThe traveler who prefers to go by\\nrail takes the Western North Carolina\\nRailroad to Morristown, Tennessee. There he takes the\\nEastern Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad to\\nJohnson City, there the Cranberry (Stem-winder) Narrow\\nGauge Railroad, twenty-six miles, to Roan Mountain station.\\nThis road passes through the wild gorge of the Doe River.\\nThe canon is four miles long and fifteen hundred feet deep.\\nThe track winds up this canon, through four tunnels and\\nover five bridges one hundred feet above the river. At\\nRoan Mountain station the traveler takes a hack to ascend,\\nby a winding road for twelve miles, to the Cloudland Hotel\\nat the top of Roan Mountain.\\nThe tourist who is able to travel by carriage or horse-\\nback will find the following route delightful Go north on\\nMain Street, following it as it turns to the left at the Wood-\\n54", "height": "3327", "width": "1917", "jp2-path": "standardguidetoa00gatc_0060.jp2"}, "61": {"fulltext": "fin Place, and taking the first turn to the right into the\\nBeaver Dam Road. Do not fail to turn on the hill inside\\nthe city limits to enjoy the view of the town. Keep this\\nroad until you come to the Episcopal Chapel on the right-\\nThe chapel, bearing a plain cross at the peak of the gable,\\nnestles among the trees and chincapin bushes on a low\\nhill. Turn here to the left and follow the road to Weaver-\\nville, if in a carriage, but if on horseback go beyond the\\nchapel and past the little log school -house, near by on the\\nright, and several cabins, till you come to a larger church\\npainted white. After passing this church take the first\\nleft hand road, which will take you over the ridge. Near\\nthe top you will find a spring of pure, cold water and get a\\nfine view of Asheville and the Beaver Dam Valley. Over\\nthe ridge the road leads down to the left into Weaverville,\\neight miles from Asheville. From Weaverville you go five\\nmiles to Black Stocks, thence four miles to Democrat, on\\nBig Ivy, thence three miles to Little Ivy. You take the\\nNorth Fork of Little Ivy, go over the ridge and down Elk\\nFork of Caney River, and turn to the left at the sign-board\\ndirecting you to Burnsville, which is seventeen miles from\\nLittle Ivy. From Burnsville go eighteen miles to Bakers-\\nville, from which place you go ten miles to the top of Roan\\nMountain. Returning by the same route, after a day on\\nRoan Mountain, you may make the round trip from Ashe-\\nville very comfortably in six days. But, if you are on\\nhorseback, return to Burnsville, and from there ride to Big\\nTom Wilson s, on Caney River. Go with him over Mount\\nMitchell, and ride to Asheville by the Swannanoa Road.\\nCloudland Hotel, at the top of Roan Mountain, being\\n55", "height": "3314", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "standardguidetoa00gatc_0061.jp2"}, "62": {"fulltext": "built on the line between Tennessee and North Carolina,\\nis in both these States. The hotel is six thousand, three\\nhundred and ninety-four feet above the sea, on the highest\\ninhabited point east of the Rocky Mountains, and can be\\nseen for one hundred miles. The summit of Roan Mountain\\ncommands a view of nearly two hundred miles westward,\\nand one hundred and fifty miles in all other directions,\\ncovering an area of fifty thousand square miles, lying in\\nseven States: Kentucky, West A^irginia, Virginia, North\\nCarolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee, and pre-\\nsenting more than one hundred mountain peaks above four\\nthousand feet high. Roan Mountain is of special interest\\nto the geologist, but to the botanist Roan Mountain offers a\\nflora of surpassing interest. A visiting botanist, the evening\\nafter his arrival, named from memory sixty-seven distinct\\ntree species that grew along the twelve miles of mountain\\nroad. The special home of rhododendrons, azaleas and\\nkalmias is in these mountains, and they attain to perfection\\non the Roan. The ground is carpeted with thick beds of\\nforget-me-nots standing almost as dense as moss, and here,\\ntoo, is the lily-of-the-valley.\\nThe visitor should remember that no thin clothing is\\never used on the mountain shawls and light overcoats are\\nworn outdoors, while rubber wraps and thick shoes are\\nindispensable on long trips. Yet the very appearance of\\nthe spacious hotel, with its broad verandas and its height of\\nthree stories, built on the very summit of the mountain, is\\nproof enough that here is no storm-swept peak, bleak and\\ndesolate like Mount Washington, but a salubrious home\\namong the clouds.\\n56", "height": "3322", "width": "1886", "jp2-path": "standardguidetoa00gatc_0062.jp2"}, "63": {"fulltext": "c^yf^,^^.\\nc^- t^^^\\nBIG TOM WILSOK.", "height": "3314", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "standardguidetoa00gatc_0063.jp2"}, "64": {"fulltext": "MOUNT MITCHELL.\\nVERY tourist who comes to\\nthese mountains should\\nvisit Mount Mitchell be-\\nfore returning to his home.\\nThis peak, besides being\\nthe highest land in the\\nUnited States east of the\\nRocky Mountains, holds\\nupon its summit the re-\\nmains of Professor Mitch-\\nell, who first measured its\\nheight, and who lost his life in an\\nattempt to confirm his measurement\\nmade in 1835.\\nIt is claimed by geologists that Black\\nMountain Range, of which Mount Mitchell is the highest\\npeak, was the first to emerge from the waters which covered\\nthis continent.\\nTo start on a mountain trip immediately after a few days\\nrain is a good rule to follow, for then one is more certain of\\nhaving pleasant weather and clear views from the peaks.\\nThere are several routes to Mount Mitchell. One may take\\n58", "height": "3312", "width": "1938", "jp2-path": "standardguidetoa00gatc_0064.jp2"}, "65": {"fulltext": "MOUNT MITCHELL.", "height": "3314", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "standardguidetoa00gatc_0065.jp2"}, "66": {"fulltext": "the train to Black Mountain station, and take a\\njj^ conveyance there to Widow Patton s, or he may\\nt ride or drive up the Swannanoa road past the\\nwater works dam, keeping the straight road up\\nthe north fork of the Swannanoa to Black Mountain\\nstation, and from there to Mrs. Patton s. There are\\nsome very fine views on this road. At Mrs. Patton s he\\nmay obtain guides to take him up the mountain. The\\nguides are John Glass, Mr Patton, and the Indian guide.\\nGovernor Vance s summer home is one-half mile from Mrs.\\nPatton s house.\\nMany prefer to ascend the mountain from the Caney\\nRiver or Yancey side, with Big Tom Wilson as guide. To\\naccomplish this one may drive to Big Tom s via Weaver-\\nville, Barnardsville, a distance of fifty miles, which takes\\nforty-eight hours, or he may make the trip in the saddle in\\ntwelve hours via Barnardsville, and crossing the ridge at\\nIvy Gap. The distance this way is but twenty-eight miles.\\nFrom Weaverville you follow up Peem s Creek, taking\\nthe left side of the stream, riding past a little saw-mill and\\n60", "height": "3322", "width": "1995", "jp2-path": "standardguidetoa00gatc_0066.jp2"}, "67": {"fulltext": "a grist mill. Some distance beyond the latter 3 ou come to\\na fork in the road at Ray s store; here you take the left-\\nhand road which will lead you to John Gregg Chambers\\nwhere you should stop for rest and entertainment for man\\nand beast. After a good farm dinner, push on, crossing\\nthe little stream twice take the first turn to the left, and\\nfollow the road up and over the ridge into the valley of the\\nPaint Fork of the Ivy. Follow the Paint Fork down the\\nvalley to Barnardsville on Big Ivy then turn to the right,\\ntaking the North Fork of Ivy up to the top of the ridge. It\\nis well to engage a boy from one of the farm houses along\\n61", "height": "3314", "width": "1918", "jp2-path": "standardguidetoa00gatc_0067.jp2"}, "68": {"fulltext": "PINNACLES OF THE CRAGGIES.", "height": "3322", "width": "1995", "jp2-path": "standardguidetoa00gatc_0068.jp2"}, "69": {"fulltext": "the stream to guide you over\\nthe ridge into Yancey County.\\nFrom the top of the ridge\\nyou may easily find your\\nway down the Elk Fork of\\nCaney River to the ford\\nwhere you cross to Big\\nTom s.\\nYou will find Big Tom a\\ngenial, whole-souled moun-\\ntaineer, and meet with a\\nhearty welcome from him.\\nHe has a comfortable farm\\nhouse, with open fire-places.\\nThe boys will take care of\\nyour horses, and after supper you will find it pleasant to\\nsit or stretch yourself on blankets before the big fire-place.\\nIn the morning, after breakfast, you start out in the\\nsaddle or on foot with Big Tom for Mitchell s Peak. If you\\nare a good walker you will find it quite as pleasant to climb\\nthe mountain on foot, packing your blankets and provisions\\non a mule.\\nYou pass along Caney River for a mile or more and then\\nthrough fields and woods. The first object of particular\\ninterest which you come to is the Big Poplar. This is a\\ngiant tree measuring thirty-two feet in circumference at a\\nheight of six feet from the ground, and looking like a great\\nDoric column. It has stood for no one knows how long,\\nand seems likely to stand as long as the hill on which it\\ngrows.\\n63", "height": "3314", "width": "1980", "jp2-path": "standardguidetoa00gatc_0069.jp2"}, "70": {"fulltext": "You climb on up the path lead-\\ning through forests of linden, pop-\\nlar and cucumber through maples, hemlocks and beeches\\nthrough the Beech Nursery, where the bears come to\\ngather the nuts found in such abundance you push your\\nway through the Brier Patch, and on among black,\\nwhite, and yellow birches.\\nThe path leads in one place through a natural flower gar-\\nden of rhododendron, bearing huge crowns of purple blos-\\nsoms of great beauty. The writer has seen such nowhere\\nelse.\\nYou pass on to the Cold Spring, and here you will be\\ntired enough to rest and eat a lunch, drinking the pure,\\ncold, spring water. After resting, you proceed up to The\\nMeadow, where a very fine view is to be enjoyed.\\nOn reaching the rocky summit of the peak you will see\\nthe grave of Professor Mitchell, surrounded by a cairn of\\nnative rock, where he was buried nearly thirty years ago.\\n64", "height": "3322", "width": "1995", "jp2-path": "standardguidetoa00gatc_0070.jp2"}, "71": {"fulltext": "After suppei you will lie down by the c mp-tire and listen\\nto Big Tom relate his bear stories and tell in his quaint,\\nhonest way, how he found the body of Dr. Mitchell.\\nYou will finally go to sleep, rolled up in your blanket,\\nunder the huge, shelving rock, to awaken in the early\\nmorning, refreshed, to enjoy a sunrise which, to see, is\\nworth all the effort of the climb.\\nAfter breakfast you maN return to Big Tom s and visit\\nBlue Sea Falls before returning home, or descend the moun-\\ntain on the Buncombe side, returning by the Swannanoa\\nroad to Asheville. Of course, you would only do this if you\\nrode or led your horse up to the peak.\\n65", "height": "3314", "width": "1980", "jp2-path": "standardguidetoa00gatc_0071.jp2"}, "72": {"fulltext": "BATTERY PARK HOTEL,\\nAsheville, N. C.\\nBuii,T IN \\\\m, EMiARanD \\\\m\\n-^CAF ACITY, oOO PK0PI.E:.4-\\nThe hotel has a frontage of over three hundred feet, by\\none hundred and seventy-five feet. It is provided with wide\\nverandas, spacious halls, dining rooms, parlors, reception and\\nreading rooms, large rotunda, with its marble tiling, and its\\nold fashioned fire-place of generous proportions. The house\\nis provided with all the modern appliances, and is first-class in\\nevery particular.\\nIt is heated by steam and open fire-places, and lighted\\nwholly by electricity a hydraulic passenger and baggage\\nelevator runs from the basement to the attic electric bells\\nconnect all rooms with the of^ce a steam laundry, with all", "height": "3322", "width": "1995", "jp2-path": "standardguidetoa00gatc_0072.jp2"}, "73": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3314", "width": "2021", "jp2-path": "standardguidetoa00gatc_0073.jp2"}, "74": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3322", "width": "1995", "jp2-path": "standardguidetoa00gatc_0074.jp2"}, "75": {"fulltext": "the improved machinery, for doing the work of both the\\nguests and the house water-closets and baths on every floor\\nnews stand and telegraph office, billiard room, bowling alley,\\nand many of the out-door games in vogue at the present day.\\nThe house is provided with all necessary comforts for the\\nwinter as well as the summer months in other words, it is\\nbuilt for doing business throughout the entire year. For the\\ncolder portion of the year glass is provided with which to\\nenclose the verandas. It is an all-the-year-round house, and is\\nkept as such.\\nBatter)^ Park is a spot of historical interest, and notor-\\niously popular, not alone for its beautiful views (being over\\none hundred feet above the streets of the city, and command-\\ning a stretch of country in some directions of sixty miles in\\nextent), but as having been the location selected during the\\nwar by the confederates as the defense to the city. Here a\\nbattery was planted and maintained till near the close of the\\nwar. The old breast-works still remain, and are preserved as\\nflower beds. The view from the hotel is said by travelers to\\nbe unsurpassed in beauty in the world the eye commanding\\na view covering one thousand square miles of the most beau-\\ntiful mountain scenery.\\nFor descriptive pamphlet and other printed matter,\\naddress\\nC. H. SOUTHWICK,\\nF*roprietor.", "height": "3314", "width": "1980", "jp2-path": "standardguidetoa00gatc_0075.jp2"}, "76": {"fulltext": "HKRRING WEAVER,\\nNo. SO South IVEain St.,\\nTHK SHOK STORB.\\nLEADERS ON SHOES, HATS, TRUNKS VALISES.\\nGO TO\\nC. K. PKNNIIVLAN CO.,\\nPuilliam Street,\\nP or the finest grade\\nWAGONS, BUGGIES, CARRIAGES, AND AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.\\nJ. N. Morgan Co.,\\nBooks, Stationery, Periodicals,-^\\n-4Toys, and Fancy Articles.\\nBALLARD BROS.,\\nStoves, Paints, Oils, W^iiidow Glass, Tinware, anrl\\nHouse F^tJ.rnishin,g Goods.\\nTINNING, GAS-FITTING, AND GENERAL JOB WORK A SPECIALTY\\nCITY LIVERY,\\nKbhd and Salk Sxables.\\nJ. K. WOODBURY,\\nProprietor.\\nNortti CouLrt Sqiaare,\\nH. H. LVONS, PHARMACIST,\\nNo. North Nlain Street,\\nPrescriptions Carefully Compouncied at all Hotirs,", "height": "3322", "width": "1995", "jp2-path": "standardguidetoa00gatc_0076.jp2"}, "77": {"fulltext": "PENNIM^AN CO.,\\nl.S North Main Street.\\nDealers in\\nHardware, Cutlery, Household Furnishing Goods, etc.\\nNo. 18 Sovatti XIain Street.\\nDiamonds, Kine Jewelry, c.\\nRep.^iring and Engraving a Specialty.\\nOne F f^ice Store. One Price Store.\\nH. REDWOOD CO.,\\nDEALERS IN\\nCLOTHING, HATS, SHOES, DRESS GOODS, SILKS AND VELVETS, FANCY\\nGOODS, CARPETS, c.\\nChiefly of the Finer Grades. Nos. T O Patton Avenue.\\nVAN GILDER BROWN,\\nNails and Iron Bnilders Hardware.\\nMOWERS, REAPERS, THRESHING MACHINES, CARRIAGES,\\nBUGGIES, WAGONS, c.\\nThk AshkviIvLK Citizkn.\\n(Daily and Weekly.)\\nPUBLISHED AT ASHEVILLE, N. C,\\nBY\\nKURMAN SXONE CAMERON.\\nDaily, ^6.00 Per Year. Weekly, $1.50 Per Year.\\nDRS. HARGAN GATCHELL,\\nNo. 62 Main St., Asheviiie, N. c. Homoeopathiic Rhysicians.\\nDrs. Hargan Gatchell treat Consumption, Asthma, Catarrh, and Bronchitis with Compound\\nO.xygen and Medicated Balsatw Vai-or.\\nReferences\\nBi// Nye, New Vork IVorld. G. A. Mears, Esq., AsheviUe, N. C.\\nIVm. Butte, M.D., Pulaski, Tenn. Rev. D. N. Mclnturff, Asheville, N. C.", "height": "3314", "width": "1980", "jp2-path": "standardguidetoa00gatc_0077.jp2"}, "78": {"fulltext": "THE ASHEVILLE ADVANCK.\\nASHEX ILLE, N. C.\\nPUBLISHED DAILY AND WEEKLY. Containing the Latest Associated Press Dispatches.\\nDaily per Annum, ^6.00. Weekly per Annum, gi.oo.\\nHas the Largest daily Circulation of any Paper in Western North Carolina.\\nAdvertising Rates Reasonable.\\nFar in the Lrad. 9000 Arfivals per Year.\\nGRAND CENTRAL HOTEL,\\nFour years old. Had 30,000 ArrivaLs. ASHEVILLE, N. C.\\nElectric Bells in Every Room. French Cook and Table Fare equal to any in the State.\\nBoard per Day, 52.00. Per Week, S8.00 to Sio.oo. Per Month, $30.00 to $40.00\\nS. R. Chedester Son, Proprietors.\\nLook for White Six-Horse Omnibus at Depot. Good Livkhy Stable Annexed to the Hotel.\\nBEST HOTEL IN STATE FOR THE MONEY.\\nTHE\\nBANK OF ASHEVILLE,\\nSou-thi JVlain Street.\\n(Opposite the Post Office.)\\nzn; ESTABLISHED 1ST9.\\nCapital Stock. 5^100.000.\\nSURF-LIJS. S20.000.\\nJ. P. SAWYER, President.\\nJ. E. RANKIN, Vice-President.\\nD. C. WADDELL, Cashier.\\nD I R E C T O R S\\nRICHMOND PEARSON, J. L. CARROLL, J. G. MARTIN,\\nT. W. PATTON, J. E. RANKIN, G. W. WILLIAMS, J. P. SAWYER.", "height": "3322", "width": "1995", "jp2-path": "standardguidetoa00gatc_0078.jp2"}, "79": {"fulltext": "vtr^^j ^^ycz^\\nTHE SWANNANOA\\n-\u00e2\u0080\u00a2--r=fe^\\nThe most eligibly situated hotel in Ashei/ille. On southern\\nslope. Brick Structure; Sunny Exposure; thus making it\\ndesirable at all Seasons. It is protected in Winter from\\nnorthern ivinds, and in Summer the southern breezes are\\nunobstructed. Plumbage and other appointments of the\\nhouse first-class. Fireplugs on every floor. Combines the\\nadvantages of a hotel vi/ith the quiet hospitality of a home.\\nSpecially popular with tourists, and those in search of health.\\nThere is no Bar. Wines may be ordered through the office.\\nMagnificent mountain views from front and rear porches.\\nConvenient to business, Churches, cfc, and yet a little\\naside from the bustle.\\nFor Terms, address,\\nRAWLS BROS.\\nREAD\\nTHE STANDARD GUIDK\\nTO\\nAstieville W^estern North Carolina.\\nKOR SALE BV ALL NEWSDEALERS\\nAND\\nThe Standard Guide Company,\\nASHEVILLE, N. 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