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Title: Summer excursion routes and rates. Delaware, Lackawanna and western railroad company. 1893 ..
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: Delaware, Lackawanna and western railroad company. (from old catalog) Johnson, William Henry, (from old catalog) comp
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Publisher: (New York, Printed by Livingston Middleditch co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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een sung for generations, and one never wearies of them. Fromthe time that the Redskin ruled the domain the popularity of this grandchasm through the mountains was established, and each year the demandfor hotel accommodation continues to increase. There is a peculiarrugged picturesqueness about the scenery that attracts the attention ofthe observer, and holds it until it is so firmly imprinted on the mind as 48 DELAWARE, LACKAWANNA & WESTERN R. R. never to be forgotten. Residents love to tarry by the clear water of thegrand old Delaware, and enjoy the pleasures of boating and fishing,and the transient visitor is willing to journey any distance, if it is only tospend a day here. Many excursions are run to Water Gap from differ-ent points during the summer months, and so popular have these becomethat they are booked for months in advance at the Companys passengerdepartment offices. A critical review of this region, and the Delaware River, cannot failto be of interest to the readers.
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Delaware Water Gap from the South. The Delaware River rises 200 miles northward, in two lateral branches,flowing from the western slope of the Catskill Mountains, 2,000 feet abovethe sea level. The western branch passes through a lake near its source,retaining, for a wonder, its quaint aboriginal name Utsayantha. Thisis described as a circular sheet of transparent water covering an area of70 acres and having an elevation of 1,888 feet ; a mirror of beauty in thewooded wilderness, so secluded that few save the red men have evergazed upon its serene solitude. In its course the river hugs the base of thegrand old mountains, older in date of upheaval than the snow-clad Alps,which once formed a barrier to its passage, and rolled back the floodof waters, submerging for a long time the lesser hills and swelling plainsthat now, clad in verdure, adorn its borders. SUMMER EXCURSION ROUTES AND RATES. 49 The character of the rocks in this portion of the Blue Ridge is thatof gray and red sandstone

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