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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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oes a large business in consequence ofthe nearness of great iron fields andcopper mines. GLADE SPRINGS is a little village from which the touristcan reach many places of interest.Washington Springs nestles among thehills two miles away. The SevenSprings, noted for the Seven SpringsIron and Alum Mass, are two milesout in another direction. White TopMountain, noted for its bears andspeckled trout, looks from a distancedown on the village streets. From this place a branch road, tenmiles long, leads out to Saltville, whereare found inexhaustible supplies of saltand plaster. The salt springs, from whichthe former is made, are in the centre of anatural basin two miles in diameter, andone of the loveliest spots in the State.During the Civil War these springs fur-nished the larger part of the Confederatesupply, and several bloody battles werefought for their possession. Nature has done a great deal for theOld Dominion, but with characteristic 36 VIRGINIA, TENNESSEE AND GEORGIA SUMMER RESORTS.
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WHITE TOP MOUNTAIN—FROM GLADE SPRINGS energy these southwestern Virginianshave had to have a hand in it. Theyhave put churches in the groves, millson the streams, barns in the valleys,colleges on the hills. They have notalways improved upon Natures work,but in many instances they have notmarred it. Here, two miles from GladeSprings, is a pretty valley with a highhill in the centre, and on the top of this,as if to proclaim to the world the appro-priateness of its motto : Mens sana, incorpore sano,Emory and Henry College is built.Ten miles further on the train skirts thetown of ABINGDON. Here are several female colleges, muchpatronized by rich Southern families,and ably conducted by chosen profes-sors. The town has 2,000 inhabitants and does a prosperous business. Prettygirls are seen in the college yards, andruddy boys with a decidedly Emory airwere prowling about the gates. From Abingdon to Bristol the roadkeeps in the very track of a fine valley.Only one who travels the line can ap

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