{"1": {"fulltext": "2G4", "height": "1923", "width": "2617", "jp2-path": "rogersashevillep00newy_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "m-MW^^^^MM\\n^.\u00c2\u00b1Tfi\\nLIBRARY OF CONGRESS.\\nShelf =A*.K.i-\\n\u00c2\u00bb^s, y /5 IJNITED STATES OF AMERir.A.\\n-^\u00c2\u00a5?4\u00c2\u00a5\u00c2\u00a3\\n1\\n^mWmMWmm\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0J*!\\nsfmw m^i\\n::r^\\nWor:At^^ii^;", "height": "1840", "width": "2622", "jp2-path": "rogersashevillep00newy_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "", "height": "1840", "width": "2622", "jp2-path": "rogersashevillep00newy_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "1788", "width": "2388", "jp2-path": "rogersashevillep00newy_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "ROGERS\\nnc\u00c2\u00a5\\nPhoto-Gravures\\nCOPYRIGHT, 1S95, BY H. TAYLOR ROGERS, Bookseller and Stationer,\\n22 S. Main Street, asheville, N\\nNOV r^bir I I\\nthe ALBERTYPE CO.,\\n5 Laight St., N. 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The mountains, loftv though thev be. are clothed ^^^V^^^f ^Xm\\ntheir tops, and present at all seasons the beautiful vistas of a sunny dime When a ight\\nshower Ar rainstorm has shed its bounty over the region, and a fresh morning bree.e wafts the\\nforests pinv perfume, the visitor will enjoy for hours to lounge on a veranda and watch the\\nlegions of Vapors slowly ascending from the base of the mountains, join to garlands then\\nHit above the crests and gather themselves into the massive white clouds that deepen the\\nblue of the skx- and render the day glorious. It is this spectacle, here often repeated, which\\nhas contributed to the naming of the region The Land of the Sky.\\nOn the west Asheville. with her railroad depot and cotton mills, reaches to the banks\\nof the French Broad River, renowned for its placid beauty in parts, its saiilts and leaps through\\nthe rugged hills above and below Hot Springs, and .skirted all along by the Southern Railway\\n\\\\o mS?e charming ride can be had anvwhere than the few hours top along the trench\\nBroad^one romantic view chasing anothef. and like links of a chain tying the memory forever\\ntothis one-ofthepleasantestspotson earlh. m, n fr\u00e2\u0080\u009eu- ^ontl,\\nSofL and romantic as the name, Swannanoa, two miles south of Asheville. is a tml} Sm th-\\nern river, embowered in dense verdure, full of witchery and quiet charni. As an oriental\\nbride it is guarded from unbidden eves, until it meets and merges into the I-rcnch Broad,\\na short dis^tance below Connally s. To this fine old mansion the cabman will ve yo\\nwitliout the asking, and you will be welcome to drink in the delight of the view, as long as\\nV: our eft1sV);//^..;r, the princely manor of Mr. Geo. W. Vanderbilt of New York.\\nHe has selected this section of the Western North Carolina mountains to create the lordly\\ndomain which his architects, engineers and a honle of artisans an.l workmen are constructing\\nto the .Iclight of the Ashevillians. who greatly prefer this newer progenv to the older NanetN\\nof the carpet-bag. Frederick Law Olmsted, of New York Central Park fame, directs the great\\nwork of landscape architecture and forestry. t^- r. 1 i ^;\u00e2\u0080\u009e\u00e2\u0080\u009e^.,t\\nThe ni// Jn estate proper contains about 9000 acres, and the Fink Beds and adjacent\\ntract of Mr.Vanderi.ilfs hunting preserve comprise some 84.000 acres known as I isgali forest\\nVn arboretum embracing twelve miles of winding road traverses the Biltmore ^\\\\\u00c2\u00ablate^ To\\ncomplete its planting 6,000,000 plants will be required, many of which are now being propa-", "height": "1840", "width": "2622", "jp2-path": "rogersashevillep00newy_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "gated. Already 4,300,000 plants and young trees have been produced in the Biltmore\\nnurseries for use on the estate. The Vanderbilt mansion nears completion and is a chateau\\nof the French Renaissance, with featvires similar to the famous chateau of Blois, having\\nextensive walled terraces, fountains and statues. It will be the grandest private residence in\\nthe I nited vStates and rival the palaces of the old world, apart from the perfection of modern\\nappointments, the variety of the domain and its incomparable situation.\\nTo visit the estate, a permit is necessary. It may be obtained by applying by post or in\\nperson to the office of the Biltmore Estate at Biltmore Station.\\nAs your physician, or your intuition, has sent you here, and A.sheville s climate has\\nprobably benefited you already, we will spare you a synopsis of the temperature and weather,\\nor tedious statistics, or the analysis and testimonials of celebrities. Asheville, to-day possesses\\nplenty of celebrity to stand forth unattested. To sufferers from lung diseases and catarrhs\\nespecially Asheville offers a greater chance for recovery than most of the country s health resorts.\\nThe temperature in winter, with few exceptions, rises during mid-day to 30 degrees or higher,\\nand in sheltered places with southern exposure to 70 or 80 in the sun.\\nThere are fifteen hotels and many boarding houses to receive the stranger, twenty-five\\nchurches, four public and a number of private schools and higher institutions of learning\\na Young Men s Christian Association and numerous societies with church affiliation, also a\\npublic library. 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