The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1872-09-25
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nal has,been travelling in the w est.
Hero is what he, says about Looki
out Nominating etc., etc.,pq sdi ogi1s.,
s.Dieembarking a. Chattanooga,
I'VE went to the. Read House. and
then tool, a stroll over the CITY,
Looming up in the distance was
Lookout Mountain, the goal Of our
journey, the Mecca TO which we
were travelling. Our party, four
in number, took o back which, was
| in waiting, and proceeded on ,our
journey, about ~ o'clock Even
as early as that the sun oshone with
powerful fire in, I,is rays, and we
concluded that a Chattanooga was
theIwarmest place we had encoun,
tered, } "A drive, of twoalmiles
brought us to the foot of the Imouns
tain, and VIC commenced the as
centrwhich was very steep. a. Not
desiring to weary ourreaders with
the narrative of the ascent. weiwill
simply announce that ia two hours
we had arrived at Summit House
aud taken quarters at one of the
cottages. '" ogs ...' '.s ,. ,, . go -, :. < q
When tho heat of the day was
over, we commenced our explOra.
tions. Visiting Saddle Rock, we
obtained the view from there and
passed on towards the Point. From
that we had spread out before US
a most magnificent panorama. !. In
the distance, the Allegheny Noun
tains are distinctly visible, and
nearer is Missionary Ridge, Ring
gold, Dalton and Chickamauga,
each the scene of a bloody strug.
gle during the late war. The Ten.
nessee River, beautiful stream,
can be traced for many miles, and
adds much to the scenery. In the
remote distance can be seen the
Kennesaw Mountains, and Stone
Mountain is also visible on clear
day. From the Point, Georgia,
Tennessee, Virginia, Kentucky aud
North Carolina are each visible,
and it ia said that Alabama also
is within the range of vision. An
enterprising artist has erected
gallery Immediately on the Point
and drives flourishihg trade in
selling pictures of tine various
views about the mountains. From
the very summit of the mountain,
and from behind breastworks, the
troops under General Hooker, pop
ularly known as Fighting Joe, "
drove the Confederates during the
war. This appears the more as.
tonishing, when one considers the
apparent inaccessibility Of the
mountain. The natives say, the
Confederates were, surprised, the
Union soldiers advancing under
cover of very thick fog, which
had settled down upon the noun
tain. But if a proper look out had
been preserved, itwould have been
impossible to surprise them, and q
small force could have held the
position against very heavy odds.
The hotel on tile mountain was
burned sometime since, SO that not
more than seventy or eighty per
sons can be accommodated now,
but 80 attractive spot can scarce,
ly fail to command numerous in.
fax of visitors, and in short time
it is probable that another hotel
will be erected. About a half mile
from the hotel site, stands a large
Female College, now unoccnpied,
and likely to remain 30. We sup.
pose that the College was built
there in order to be entirely seclu
ded from the visits of men, but the
sequel proves how Impossible il Jig
for the female sex TO remain for
any length of time from the baser
(so called) sex, and the college is,
consequently closed. 1T strikes AIS
that it would he good idea TO
turn this into a hotel, the only OBJ
lection being thatoit is too far from
the Point. About five miles from
the hotel site is waterfall Of one
hundred and fifteen feet, the stream
from which tails into a lake, from
which there isuno visible outlss.9
"Rock City" is also curiosity::--
Large rocks form the houses while
the spaces between are regular,
and present the appearance oi
streetsg whence tbei name.a!bssao
/ During the,day, the thermemer
ter gets up to about, ,83 degrees,
but at night sleeping under blan,
ket is very comfortable, and there
by person is enabled to repair
the damage done by the heat OF
the day. The visitors arevery so,
clable and quite a party from New
Orleans are visiting the mountain
this year. We remained there but
two days, the flight of time remind
ing US of the necessity of complet-
ing our journey, and then moved
on to Sewanee, the site of the Unis
vsrsity of tue South, an institufiof,