WAlfDOWN IN DIXIE LAND 44 DELIGHTFUL DRIVES WAY DOWN IN DIXIE LAND ?i PUBLISHED BY WATERLOO WAGON CO., LTD. WATERLOO, N. Y. ^^6 COPYRIGHT 1910 BY W. A. E. CUMMINGS (OaA265252 >RINTED AT THE BULLARD PRESS, GLENS FALLS. N. Y, Some Northern Stables that use and recommend the Waterloo-Glens Falls Buckboards Hotel Champlain, Bluff Point, N. Y. Lake Placid Club. Lake Placid, N. Y. Woodstock Inn, Woodstock, Vt. S. W. Tillotson, Lenox, Mass. Whiteface Inn, Lake Placid, N. Y. Saranac Inn, Upper Saranac, N. Y. Paul Smith, Paul Smith's, N. Y. Red Lion Inn, Stockbridge, Mass. The Equinox, Manchester-in-the- Mountains, Vt. Hotel Aspinwall, Lenox, Mass, Wayside Inn, Lake Luzerne, N. Y. The Leading Saratoga Stables. Club Stables of Elka and Onteora Parks, Catskill Mountains. The Westport Inn Stables, Westport, N. Y. Berkshire Inn Stables, Great Barrington, Mass. Grand Hotel Stables, Highmount, N. Y. The Rexmere Stables, Catskill Mountains. Greylock Stables, Williamstown, Mass. Briarcliff Stables, Briarcliff Manor, N. Y. Leading White Mountain Stables, N. H. MANY PRIVATE CAMPS AND COUNTRY HOMES. A Roadway "Let those who will stride on their barren roads, And prick themselves to haste with self-made goads, Unheeding as they struggle day b\) day, If flowers be sweet or skies be blue or gray, For me the lone, cool way by purling brooks. The solemn quiet of the woodland nooks, A song-bird somewhere trilling sadly gay, A pause to pick o flower beside the way. jinon. DELIGHTFUL DRIVES WAY DOWN IN DIXIE LAND SELECTING THE EQUIPMENT In driving the choosing of the proper carriage is vital from every point of view, if the drive be for pleasure. The Requirements of the Ideal Pleasure Vehicle in the order of their importance are as follows: First — Safety, Second — Comfort, Third— Light Draft, Fourth— Pleasing Style. Combining these you find the sine-qua-non in vehicles for pleasure driving, and their trade name, a name known and respected in every high grade resort stable, and in the private stable of the countrv seat and the mountain camp as well, is The Waterloo-Glens Falls Buckboard. These vehicles are justly famous for the high quality of their material, the skilled workmanship evidenced in their construc- tion, the efficiency of their safety appliances, the luxurious com- fort of their suspension and equipment, their pleasing, snappy style, and the light draft that makes the load seem light and the road short to the pair privileged to go before them. These superb vehicles are in use in many of the best resort stables in "Dixie." If you wish the best carriage for your drive in a two, four or six passenger style, specify at the hotel office or at the stable, "A Waterloo-Glens Falls Buckboard," please. The stables mentioned in this little booklet we can unqual- ifiedly recommend, to those contemplating the drives in the vicinity of their location, as entirely trustworthy. LEWIS & CHAMBERS LOUISVIIiliE, KY. Waterloo Wag-on Co., Waterloo. N. Y. July 20, 1905. Gentlemen: The Buckboard reached me safely, and on Monday was set up and driven to my country place. To say we are pleased with it would not adequately express it. We are deligrhted, not only with its general style and finish, but with what is more to the point, the riding Qualities. It attracted a great deal of attention as it stood on the side- walk in front of a carriage repository. Thanking you for the selection you have made in the Buckboard, I remain. Very truly yours, H. Hamilton Lewis. THE KIRKWOOD CAMDEN, S. C. Dr. W. A. E. Cummings, Ticonderoga, N. Y.', Jan. 11, 1910. Dear Doctor: In reply to yours of 11th inst. would say, I am im- mensely pleased with the Waterloo-Grlens Falls Buckboard sent me by your company. Everything seems to be perfect and they have made the hit of the season and a big hit. I am glad I bought them. Truly yours, Geo. H. Dunnell, Prop'r Kirkwood Stables. LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA On C. & 0. and B. & 0. Railways Beautiful in location, and deeply interesting historically Stable — John W. Miley, Proprietor. CHAPEL WHERE GEN'L LEE'S BODY IS ENTOMBED GENL LEES HOME JACKSON'S MONUMENT DRIVES The Timber Ridge Drive, to the Old Stone Church, built in the 1700's and the birthplace of Sam Houston, who became famous in Texas history in the early days of that state. The famous Goshen Pass Drive, over the Old Virginia Turn- pike to the lovely mountain town of Goshen, on the main line of the C. & O. Railway. Goshen Pass, the scenic feature of this drive, is a spot of such rare and alluring beauty that Com. Maury when on his death bed preferred as a last request of his old comrades in arms, that "They carry his body through the Pass when the Laurel was in bloom" before consigning it to the grave, and this was faithfully done. The Natural Bridge Drive can be made in two ways, or the out trip over one route, the return by the other. One is known as the Buffalo Mill and Fancy Hill Route, the other as the Old Forge Route. Both are beautiful and interesting in marked degree, and the rare treat at the end, the Natural Bridge, should not be missed. NATURAL BRIDGE HOTEL C. H. Paxton, Manag-er NATURAL, BRIDGE, VIRGINIA Dr. W. A. E. Cummings, April 26, 1909. Murray Hill Hotel, New York City, My Dear Doctor : I find I was rig-ht in regai'd to the time the four- seated Waterloo wagon has been in service. It has been in use for over eighteen years and is in active commission yet. lean also say that in spite of the first cost of your Waterloo-Glens Falls Buckboards. which I will admit struck me as high, I have found them from the viewpoint of service redered, attractiveness and light draft, the cheapest I have ev^er bought for our use. Come and see us. Yours very truly, C. H. Paxton, Manager. SARANAC INN D. W. Riddle, Superintendent Franklin County, N. Y. Dr. W. A. E. Cummings, May 9, 1906, Murray Hill Hotel, New York City. Dear Doctor: In reply to your inquiry, can say that we have found the Glens Falls Buckboards and Mountain Wagons of the Water- loo AVagon Company's manufacture entirely satisfactory in every way. They are light running, easy riding, and durable, which seems to cover the reciuirements of a good wagon. Yours very truly, D. W. Riddle, Supt. NATURAL BRIDGE, VIRGINIA Railway Station at Junction of Norfolk & Western and Chesa- peake & Ohio Railways Hotel — Natural Bridge Hotel. Fine scenic location in 1,500-acre Mountain Park at elevation of 1,500 feet, over- looking valley with peaks of Blue Ridge in distance. In- teresting history of ownership by grant from King George III. kTUR AL BRIDGE HOTEL to Thomas Jefferson on down to present owners. Leading feature, the Natural Bridge. Stable — Owned and operated by the Hotel Company. DRIVES A popular drive is to Flag Rock on Short Hill Mountain, seven miles away along the banks of Cedar Creek, the stream that flows beneath the Bridge, to the Outlook, where a rarely beautiful view of the James River valley opens out. Another beautiful drive is to Balcony Falls, where the famous James River breaks through the Blue Ridge mountains on its way to Chesapeake Bay and the sea. This drive is through the valley of the James River and covers about fifteen miles the round trip. The famous Lexington Drive takes one fourteen miles through beautiful Rockbridge County, past historic old Virginia homes, with changing mountain views on every hand; to the historic town of Lexington, Virginia, the seat of Washington and Lee University and the Virginia MiHtary Institute, the West Point of the South; the home and burial place of General Robert E. Lee and General Stonewall Jackson. Many other dehghtful drives radiate from Natural Bridge that space forbids mention of. CLIFTON FORGE, VIRGINIA Station — Division end C. & O. Railway. Hotel — Glady's Inn, J. H. Callahan, Manager. Stable — G. W. Rudisill, Proprietor. Telephone connections by name from the Inn. DRIVES The Low Moor Furnace Drive is one never to be forgotten. It is up the valley to witness the yiant cast at this great furnace about 11 o'clock at night. The molten metal lights up the entire valley with an indescribable variety of lights and colors until one recalls "Dante's Inferno," or anticipates with real fearsomeness the final conflagration that is, so we are told, to end all earthly things. The round trip covers about eight miles, and is an experi- ence not to be missed. The Jackson River Valley Drive twelve miles up the river to Covington, Virginia, discloses some of the finest valley and mountain scenery in the Alleghanies. Covington is also interesting as one of the largest paper manufacturing towns in the South. The celebrated Hot Springs Drive to Homestead Hotel. Leaving Clifton Forge you follow a branch of Wilson Creek, then cross a ridge and drop down into the valley of Smith Creek, which you follow until you begin the ascent from the barrenness of the canyon, by a switchback road on the face of Warm Springs Mountain, the view broadening and extending as you ascend, covering parts of the valley of the James and the Jackson Rivers and the intervening mountain ranges, until you swing over the crest of the divide and the beautiful valley of the Warm Springs stretches out beneath your feet, and through this land of enchantment the road winds until you reach the Homestead Hotel, a distance of eighteen miles from CHfton Forge. THE VIRGINIA" TRAVELER'S HOME Several other drives of interest start from this point, in- cluding one of twenty-four miles over North Mountain to the Natural Bridge. GLADYS INN J. H. Callahan, Manager CLIFTON FORGE, VIRGINIA Mr. Paul G. Walsh, Sec'y and Gen'l M'g'r. February 12th. 1909. Waterloo Wag-on Co., Ltd., Waterloo, N. Y. My Dear Mr. Walsh : Referring to the Waterloo-Glens Falls Buckboard which I bought of your company some years ago for my pei-sonal driving, I would say that it has been and is one of the most satisfactory wagons I have ever owned. We have found it especially adapted for driving on our Virginia mountain roads, where a safe, comfortable, light draft wagon is required. In spite of its first cost, which seemed a little high, I have found it. in service and comfort, a cheap vehicle to own. With good wishes for your health and success, I beg to remain. Very truly yours, J. H. Callahan, Manager. HOT SPRINGS, VIRGINIA Station — Hot vSprings, on the Warm Springs Valley Branch of the C. & O. Railway from Covington. Hotel — Homestead Hotel, Fred Sterry, Manager, Warm Springs Hotel. FLAG ROCK Stables — Homestead Hotel Stable; Hugh Wright, Supt. Blakey & Hamilton Stable ; Fassi- fern Stables, Tate Ster- rett. Proprietor. DRIVES The Flag Rock Drive takes you up the valley to Warm Springs, where you turn to the right, climb the Warm Springs Mountain, and FALLING SF FASSIFERN FARM HOUSE. FAMOUS FOR OLD VIRGINIA COOKING turning still farther to the right, finally reach Flag Rock, one of the finest outlooks in this section for mountain views. To the westward as far as the eye can carry, range after range of mountains lift till the western skyline drops down against the last range in view. The Flag Rock covers about 15 miles the round trip, and is a jaunt never to be forgotten. The popular Fassifern Farm Drive up the valley of the Warm Springs to Germantown, where you strike the valley of the Warm Springs Run that leads you down through the gap of that name to Jackson River, about 8}A miles, where the famous old Fassifern Farmhouse, built in 1791, welcomes you with genuine Southern hospitality, to a table where the highest type of old Virginia cooking makes you unblushingly ask for "a second lielpin'" and you drive back Homestead-ward in the lengthening shadows at peace with all men, especially "Tate" Sterrett. The old Dinwiddle Fort, a short distance above Fassifern Farm, was one of the early frontier posts visited by Washington on a tour of inspection. The Cascade Drive through the valley between Little and Warm Springs Mountains, to the Healing Springs, where you break through Little Mountain by way of Healing Springs Run Gap, then turning to the left you circle in to the famous Cas- cades, the scenic features of the trip. The return can be made over the same route, or you can turn to the left, follow the Run down to the forks of the road, then turn to the right up to the Cedar Creek road and again into the next right hand road, which will bring you back to the Homestead over the Hot Springs Run Road, covering about 12 miles in all for the entire drive. The Famous Oaks Drive leads you winding up along the hillside from the "Homestead," overlooking on the left, as you ascend the easy sloping road, the noted golf links of this section; ir:^. the road you see Mount Mitchell's head above the Craggy. A step further and you are at Mountain Meadows Inn, at an elevation of thirty-two hundred feet or more above sea level. From the porches and balconies of this Inn are views that every good American should see before doing Switzerland. This Inn may be made the turning point for a drive back to the left of Rich Knob and down an easy grade road built on the abandoned right of way of Craggy Mountain Railway, which brings you back to Overlook Park, where keeping to the left you drop down Sunset Mountain on another switchback road that brings you into the Beau-Catcher Mountain drive near the steel reservoir and a little further on you turn into Shady Street that brings you after a short drive to the City Square, a distance for the round trip of about thirteen miles. If you do not care to turn back at Mountain Meadows Inn, you can continue on down the mountain by a wooded road that brings you out through Grassy Creek Cove into the lovely valley of the Swannanoa, down which you drive to Biltmore and back by the Biltmore-Asheville road. Mountain Meadows Inn drive is worth a trip from New York, for once taken it will never be forgotten and will ever after be a most exacting standard of comparison for other drives. The Ivy Drive through Weaverville is always an interesting experience. It has long been accepted as an unquestioned fact that more strange and unusual things happen "Over in Ivy" than in any other spot in Dixie. It was "over in Ivy" during the cold spell last January that a native reported his little son as "going down the path to the spring when he thought he see'd a grasshopper and by jing when he got closer he found it were a rabbit jest naturally shrunk up with the cold." Slim people are advised to take the "Over in Ivy" drive on a warm day. WAYNESVILLE, N. C. " In the Land of the Sky " The Waynesville country has long been highly regarded as a summer residential point, and in more recent years it has come to be much appreciated for its year-round climate, which is constantly attracting a larger clientele of Northern people for the autumn, winter and spring months. JUNALUSKA MOUNT/ WAYNESVILLE. N. C. It is located in the foot hills of the Balsam Range of the Great Smoky Mountains on the Murphy Division of the Southern Railway some twenty-eight miles west of Asheville and at an elevation of over 2,800 feet, which insures that dry, tonic air that makes for invigoration and health. Hotels — The Wayside Inn, Mrs. S. E. Cory, Manager. Stables— P. L. Turbytill. DRIVES The famous Junaluska Drive up the Junaluska Mountain to Eagles' Nest Hotel, more than 5,000 feet above sea level, is a rare experience. Leaving Waynesville, you pass the noted Haywood White Sulphur Springs Hotel about a mile out from the village, and follow up the Richland Creek through the winding valley, climbing the eastern face of Junaluska Moun- tain on a series of switchback roads that are unexcelled in Western North Carolina. As you ascend the mountain a fine panoramic view of Richland Valley and the mountains to the BALSAM GAP DRIVE west unfolds and broadens as you climb higher and still higher up, until you finally swing up to Eagle's Nest Hotel, the highest resort in the entire Appalachian system. From this point a view of indescribable beauty stretches out on every hand; to the eastward you look out over the mountain peaks of the Blue Ridge System; to the north you see the different ranges of the Great vSmoky loom more than 6,400 feet against the sky. The drive down to the Richland Valley is like turning the leaves of some portfolio of beautiful landscape views, every bend of the road representing a new leaf, while the elevation makes the mid- summer months the time when the ivy, laurel and rhododendron are at their best. The Pigeon River Drive, through the famous fruit country of Western North Carolina, which has raised the prize apples of the National Expositions, leads you away from the town to the east, and after passing these celebrated apple farms you cross the divide from Richland Valley to the Valley of Pigeon River through Pigeon Gap and circle down to the Pigeon River, whose head waters are justly famous as the best trout fishing in "Dixie." Following down this stream you come in time to the old Judson Osborne Farm, where a most satisfying noon- day meal may be had. Continuing on from the farm you follow the Pigeon River to the village of Canton, the home of the Champion Fibre Company, who are invading the virgin forests on the heights of the Balsam Peaks, and grinding the beauty of the mountains into pulp for paper to print comic Sunday supplements. Then on to the Village of Clyde, nestling in the hills, where stands the celebrated Methodist Church, a ASHEVILLE, N. C. In the Land of the Sky. Situated in Western North CaroHna at an elevation of 2300 feet, on the Southern Railway. Reached from Wash- ington via Salisbury, N. C. ; from the South via Columbia, S. C, and Atlanta, Ga., and Spartanburg Junction; from the West via Knoxville, Tenn., up the valley of the French Broad River that divides the Blue Ridge and Great Smoky Mountains. Chief characteristics — Fine climate, healthful elevation, pure water, beautiful scenery. Hotel— Battery Park Hotel. Stable— Patton & Stikeleather. DRIVES The Swannanoa River Drive up the valley of that name to Black Mountain and on up to the noted Montreat Estate of John S. Huyler, Esq,, near the base of Mt. Mitchell, the high- UPPER SWANT „^ GUNN COVE ROAD est mountain this side of the Rockies, is a jaunt of some twenty miles out, but is such a rare combination of mountain and valley scenery as to be worth while. This drive leads up the far famed valley of the Swannanoa, ascending by easy gradients the western slope of the Blue Ridge and opening out at every bend of the road some new and charm- ing view. Now it skirts the base of some towering mountain, now it crosses some smaller valley that opens into the Swannanoa, then passing through some canyon where the valley narrows until it permits only the passage of the river and the road, until Black Mountain and finally Montreat Estate is reached, where a fine view of Mt. Mitchell is secured and where if you wish you can "hit the trail" for its top. A shorter Swannanoa River drive leads up the valley about five miles, then breaks over Beau-Catcher Mountain, returning WilF ASHEVILLE FROM BEAU-CATCHER MOUNTAIN to Asheville by a road leading down the western slope of this mountain, making a drive of about nine miles. The drive over this mountain is confidently recommended as one that will not be in any way disappointing, but it is sug- gested that young people contemplating this route consult with their chaperones before completing final arrangements The Biltmore Estate Drive, through the manorial estate of George W. Vanderbilt, Esq., famous as an object lesson in the best methods of farming, breeding and Forest Conservation is opened to the public by pass issued at estate ofhce at Bilt- more on payment of nominal fee, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Leaving the quaint village of Biltmore you enter the estate by Biltmore Lodge gate and follow along the Swannanoa River over a fine macadamized road, bordered by a profusion of native shrubs and vines, with a background of trees on either hand, until you turn sharply to the left and follow the Approach Road, through a mountain valley through which flows a creek emptying into the Swannanoa. You wind out and in through the valley as you rise gradu- ally to the uplands where stands the Biltmore Manor House in all the beauty of its setting of velvet lawns and Italian gar- dens, of tree covered slopes and meadowlands, with its wide outlook embracing valleys and mountain ranges, till the horizon meets the mountain tops all around the skyline. Passing through the manorial grounds you drop down into the valley by a hillside road and skirting the lagoon you follow the French Broad River until you swing in toward the hills and, if so inclined, visit the piggery and then on to the dairy with its famous herd of Jerseys, then up and around the Outlook and across the little valley to the poultry farm and kennels nestling in the edge of the wood on the sloping hillside, then up and along the crest until you drop back again into the valley of the French Broad. You follow through this valley with reforested hillsides bordering the road on the right, till the river bears sharply to the left and just beyond you meet the lovely Swannanoa hurry- ing past to join its waters with the French Broad for their long journey together to the Gulf. Following up the Swannanoa, you come to the nurseries of the School of Forestry and crossing the river you leave the estate through the Swannanoa Lodge Gate, then turning into the Victoria Road you soon come out to the Asheville-Biltmore road where to the left the twinkling lights of Asheville welcome you home after a dehghtful drive of about eighteen miles. Mountain Meadows Inn Drive. Six miles out from Ashe- ville and six miles up, stands the famous Mountain Meadows Inn. This is the scenic drive pre-eminent of "The Land of the Sky." Leaving Asheville by way of the Sunset Drive, you climb the mountain of that name on a series of switchback roads leading up its southwestern face to Overlook Park, then up to the crest, where the road leads on for perhaps half a mile, where you drop down the northeastern slope to the road running around to the left of Rich Knob, an elevation on the ridge that connects Sunset with Mountain Meadows Mountain. building 40 by 60 feet, built entirely from the lumber sawed from one giant yellow poplar tree cut in the green cove right above the village. A little further down we strike the Forks where the Richland Creek joins the Pigeon River, and following up the Richland we come back to Waynesville after a dehghtful drive of some twenty-five miles. An evening drive to the headwaters of the Pigeon River, and covering the famous fruit farm section, can be made in a ten or twelve mile jaunt. The Balsam Gap Drive is a popular trip from Waynesville. Leaving the village, you bear southwest, climbing the Richland Valley to the headwaters of the creek of that name. Along a winding road you come in time to the famous Balsam Gap, the highest pass crossed by a railroad east of the Rocky Mountains. From this Gap some of the finest mountain and valley views in the Great Smoky Mountains are secured. The roadway on this drive up the Richland Valley is famous for its profusion of rare ferns, laurel, rhododendrons and other woods plants and in mid- summer days, as you cross on this drive the mouth of some mountain draw where cool waves drop down laden with woodsy odors, you are lured to plunge still further into the silence and mystery of the forests. Nature's great play-ground. BREVARD, N. C. In the Beautiful Sapphire Country In the Gateway to Pisgah Forest This charming resort town is located on the Toxaway Division of the Southern Railway at an elevation of two thous- and two hundred and fifty feet above tidewater. It is reached by way of Asheville, N. C. Hotels— Franklin Hotel, J. J. Heelan, Manager. Stable— King Livery Co., A. H. King, Manager. DRIVES The Dunn's Rock, Conestee Double Falls and Caesar's Head Drive, This drive leads you across the French Broad River to the eastward and then up the valley of that name till you pass Dunn's Rock, rising to a height of some seven hundred feet above the river, then climbing Dunn's Rock Mountain by a switchback road on its western face, you open up the magnifi- cent views of the Blue Ridge Mountains with the intervening valley of the French Broad, that have made this drive so justly famed. A little further up you reach the Conestee Double Falls, where the Conestee Creek falls something more than one hundred and twenty feet into the valley below. Climbing up Con- estee Creek Valley, just over the divide you come to the head of Ivittle River, and follow down the valley of this name past Cedar Mountain, a favorite location for the summer homes of CAESARS HEAD LOOKING GLASS FALLS many South Carolinians; then crossing the Little River to the right you climb the northwestern slope of the Blue Ridge to the crest of the mountains, which you follow for four miles and all along this crest road a view^ opens on either side that baffles all description. On the left the mountains and valleys of South Carolina stretch away to the skyline, while on the right your range embraces Georgia, Tennessee and North Carolina, until the horizon drops down against the mountain peaks and shuts out further view. Following along the crest you come without warning to the eyrie outlook on Caesar's Head, where time and space cease and overpowered you gaze speechless but clear eyed into eternity. It never fails that the visitor to Caesar's ON THE ROAD TO PISGAH FOREST Head finds all preconceived ideas of the view dwarfed into insignificance beside the actuality, and a stay over night to witness the indescribable morning cloud effects from this out- look is worth while. Returning after a satisfying dinner at Caesar's Head Hotel, you can turn at Cedar Mountain down the valley of the Little River, which brings you to the Bridal Veil Falls and a short distance further on to High Falls. This road follows down to the Brick Mountain Hotel, celebrated in "ante bellum " days as a station on the stage line over the old turnpike from Green- ville, S. C, to Asheville, N. C, and a little further on you come to the new power plant for lighting Brevard. Coming up the French Broad Valley from its junction with Little River you pass the Everett Estate about five miles out. This drive takes a full day, and two days can be spent on it to advantage, but for those whose time is limited a half day's drive can be made to Dunn's Rock and Conestee Double Falls if desired. The Pink Beds Drive in the heart of the Pisgah Forest via Looking-glass Rock and Falls. Pink Beds is in the world- famous forest preserve of Geo. W. Vanderbilt, Esq., and is the home of the celebrated Biltmore School of Forestry under the direction of Dr. Schenk, the noted German authority on this most vital and engrossing subject. Leaving Brevard the drive takes you down the Valley of the French Broad until you turn off to the left up the valley of the Davidson River, famed for its scenery and fishing. Follow- ing the winding road you come to Avery's Creek, and turning up this valley break through the Ridge and circling out and in along the mountain road you drop down into the Pink Beds. On the left as you descend from Bennett's Gap, you have a fine view of Looking-glass Rock, over four thousand feet high. The Pink Beds are so called from the profusion of laurel and rhododendrons that during the latter part of May and early June give the entire valley a beautiful pink coloring impossible to justly describe. Returning you recross the Pink Beds and turning down Davidson River Valley follow the winding river, which you cross some twenty odd times before coming out into the French Broad Valley on your way back to Brevard. On this return drive you pass close to the base of Looking-glass Rock, tower- ing far above the valley, and a little further on you come to the beautiful Looking-glass Falls where the waters of Looking-glass Creek dash over a precipice more than eighty feet high. This return trip is supposed to be especially popular with the ladies on account of its many looking-glass features which, however, fail to answer the eternal feminine question "Is my hat on straight?" Many other charming drives in "The Beautiful Sapphire Country" can be made from this point. LAKE TOXAWAY, N. C. In the Beautiful Sapphire Country. This charming and unique resort is located in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains more than three thousand one hun- dred feet above sea level, and combines cHmatic and scenic attractions in an unusual degree. It is reached via Asheville, N. C, over the Southern Railway. -^M LAKE TOXAWAY Hotels— Toxaway Inn. Sapphire Cottages, Mrs. Patton- Crisp, Manager. Stables — Toxaway Inn Livery Co. DRIVES The High Falls Drive, out to the Falls of that name on the famous Horse Pasture River, covers about five miles out from the Inn. Turning into Xhe road along the south shore of the lake you wind out and in along the points and coves with fine mountain views across the lake, including the tree-crowned Mt. Toxaway in the distance, which rises to an elevation of five thousand feet. Following along the shore you soon cross the crest of the dam at the foot of the lake, and continuing along the Toxaway Company's Turnpike on the north shore you cross in turn Bear Wallow Creek and a mile and a half further turn to the south of Round Top Mountain, and, winding down to the Horse Pasture River just above the falls, you leave your buckboard for a short walk that takes you around and below the falls which from 9 to 12 in the morning in the direct sunhght gives some rare effects in chromatic colorings. The Narrows Drive along the Horse Pasture River is a most interesting one and the Sand Pots at the Narrows are rare examples of what sand and water can do to solid rock. The scenic features of the drive are the giant hemlocks along the road, the winding way along the banks of the Horse Pasture River with its many beautiful falls and cascades. The round trip makes a sixteen-mile drive and covers a wide variety of mountain and lake scenery. The Lake Fairfield Drive is a charming all day's jaunt, with luncheon at the famous Lake Fairfield Inn. It is over the Toxaway Company's Turnpike through virgin forest, along the Horse Pasture River, circling beautiful Mt. Toxaway, within sight of the far-famed Chimney Top Mountain and Sheep's ClifT, passing the Cozy Sapphire Cottages on the shores of Sap- phire Lake, which with Lake Fairfield are famous wherever the disciples of Izaak Walton congregate. The drive to Lake Fairfield is an easy stage on the easiest route to the celebrated Highlands Resort. Leaving Toxaway Inn after a late break- fast, you drive to Fairfield Inn for lunch and a siesta, and then on to Highlands in time to dress for dinner, free from the fatigue of a long unbroken jaunt and with the memory of some rare mountain views to recall a delightful drive. ' ' Oh, the mastery of the mountains. With their caves and moss-rimmed springs, Where no trespasser has ventured. Save soft- footed, wild- wood things. There are heights no man has conquered And delights no soul has found. Treasure-land of joy and romance Is that high, enchanted ground. the moonshine country (no thoroughfare) CAMDEN, S. C. " In the Long Leaf Pine Belt " This beautiful southern town is situated on the Seaboard Railway's main line between Richmond and Jacksonville, and is also reached by the Southern Railway. The beauty of its location near the famous Wateree River among the oaks and long leafed pines has a fascination to the visitor which is enhanced by the romance that has filled its history since the days of its early settlement in 1750. Its list of heroes in the strenuous days of the Revolution- ary and pre-Revolutionary period included many of the most prominent names of that time: Washington, LaFayette, Marion, Cornwallis, Sumter, DeKalb, being a few only of a great galaxy of immortals who wove history and romance about this spot. It is this rare combination of scenic beauty and romantic history that brings year after year to Camden a delightful com- pany of winter guests. Hotels — The Kirkwood, T. Edmund Krumholz; The Court :i!5i.^ NEAR THE KIRKWOOD Inn, Caleb Ticknor & Son; The Hob- kirk, F. W. Eldridge. Stables— The Kirkwood, Geo. H. Bunnell. vSpecialties: Waterloo-Glens Falls Buckboards. Northern saddle-horses. DRIVES " The Terraces " Drive, so called on account of the inter- esting terrace gardens at the famous Old Boyken Plantation or Manor House, the objective point of the drive, where a most attractive and dainty Southern lunch may be had in front of a cheery open wood fire. This delightful old place was built prior to the Revolution and is still occupied by a representative of the Old Boyken family, who dispenses true Southern hospitality with that in- describable grace that gave such charm to the Southern social life of "the days before the war." The mansion is filled with many rare antiques and inter- esting historical mementos and curios that are well worth more than a cursory examination. The drive out and back takes one through some beautiful Southern country as well as through some charming streets THE BOYKEN MANSION DE KALBS MONUMENT THE KIRKWOOD PORCI in this old city of the Southland, passing many attractive gar- dens, the celebrated DeKalb monument, and the famous chest- nut plantation, the oldest and largest in the South. The Mulberry Drive. This drive takes one past the Memor- ial to the Sons of South CaroHna who fell in defense of state's rights, or through Camden's commercial centre, then out along the Dyke Road, bordered on either side by beautiful hedges of mock orange. Then a little farther on through a bit of open country you turn into a stately avenue of magnificent live oaks and holly that leads up to the Mulberry Manor, an interesting old mansion of pre-Revolutionary times and an honored shrine for visiting members of the D. A. R. of this country. The rows of live oaks and holly along this drive are alone well worth a visit to beautiful Camden. Turning on to the right as you leave the manorial grounds you come in a short time to a sharp turn to the left, when with surprised delight you swing into the wonderful avenue of Cathedral Pines, which extend for nearly two miles along this charming road, which once seen is never forgotten. The Knight's Hill Drive. This drive has for its turning point the wonderfully beautiful Outlook, from which rare and extensive views up the famous Wateree Valley from the summit of Knight's Hill may be had. The drive out from Camden takes one through some detached colored quarters formerly connected with one of the many old plantations in this vicinity, where a fleeting glimpse of the old days and the old ways still obtains. One's driver on this trip to Knight's Hill is very apt to be a son of some old couple in these same quarters, whose youth was passed in "slavery days." The drives and bridle paths in and about this quaint and charming town of Camden are far too numerous to mention even; and further description within the limits of this brief sketch is impossible, but to the lover of nature in her varying moods, countless delights wait, just around the bend of the path or drive, in whichever direction you may fare forth from this lovely old town. ^c ci ^■■4 a 0) B ^ a *-c JU O u ^ 3-fi'^ ^ o a:S-S OJi !^ ;h c» a ? . ^ Ph>«^ ?>% 4_» I-^ 4-1 i^ eO ^ c U o no 5 to d) £: 13 I 4-> :^2 !> CO no o u H<: 2 ^ O O '^^ CD 2 C3 c 73 03 . O (D 03 »^ U O 4> JlJ U « O C oj V- O " • Xl = J -1 = 2^ C/d a> bl) bi) fl • ^N o Sm O) c^^l g> 0) fd o Jj cd u^ ^3 a fl Kn OS *oc 1) C3 a> a o n o c >» o Vh ri ^ 1) o O .2 1 c o ;E-g TJ 'CD 3 O >> C c« O " t« r- 0) % ^ o ^ o" i; ^ o ■/J I . < >• z J < J z UJ )^ EC ^iffl it < lij ^ z -" WM. D. O'BRIEN 405 RIVER STREET, TROY, N. Y. 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