Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-11-05
FACTS ABOUT EAST TENNESSEE.
KNoxvILLE AS A WINTER RE-
SORT.
[Fron the Tennessee. Land Register,1

advantages possessed by hnoxVlile as
well as East Tennessee generally, as
q resort for those who desire to avoid
the rigor of Northern winters. In this
connection it may not be amiss to re-
peat that our winters are never severe.
Autumn often fingers till Christmas, and
while cold weather generally commences
in the Northern States, in October, we en-
10Y sunny days aud pleasant nights for two
months after snow and frost shut up the
ground beyond the Ohio river. Again,
when our winter does come, the cold is
never extreme. But few times in the
history of this region, has the mercury
sunk to zero. The ground seldom freezes
more than three or four inches, while at
the extreme north, frost extends as many
feet.
There are great numbers of people from
Cape Cod to the Mississippi who, after ar
irving at middle age, begin to dread the
long winter, and wish they could find
more genial locality. To all such, we re-
commend East Tennessee as amedium be-
tween the North and South. Hemmed in
as we are by lofty mountains, the force of
winds from every quarter, is broken. On
the southeast, there is the UEaka range
rising thousands of feet from the level of
the sea. Northwest, is the well known
Cumberland range, which materially
checks the force and inclemency of winds
from the distant regions beyond, extend
ing to the Pacific Ocean. With a latitude
ranging at about so, we have an altitude
of about 800 feet above the sea level. The
sun rises so high at midday that it can
never be very cold.
Snow sometimes falls several inches in
depth, but through some entire winters, no
more than six inches will fall in the aggre-
gate and that will not remain more than
two or three days. In January, the most
unpleasant month generally, farmers usu
ally plow one-half the days. In clear
weather, there is seldom day in which a
person cannot walk about or ride, with O.
degree of comfort that cannot be appreci-
ated by those who never have been here.
This, to one who is in imperfect health
/ and unable to endure cold, will be found a
very pleasant item. Every winter since
the war, more or less northern people have
spent the six cold months here with much
spent here than in Florida or other South
ern States, and it may be suggested to those
who propose to spend the more severe win
ter months near the Gulf, that they can
e with pleacure and profit, make this stop
ping place, both in fall and spring, and
n thus be saved the necessity of returning to
f their northern homes so early, and avoid
the chilling blasts of March. This region
II is we'll calculated to please those who have
always lived in New England and the
Middle States. The mountain scenery will
remind them of their native hills, and
nothing can bemore delightful than to ride
over our hills, and gaze upon the evervary-
ing scenery. The country as a whole is
made up of succession of parallel ridges,
n and the intermediate wales are very pleas
ant.
The thousand and one elevations all
through this section, are destined at no dis
tant day to become the residences of nu-
merous and prosperous population. The
scenery upon our noble Tennessee river is
surpassed or equalled only by the Hudson
or Rhine. Eventually the farms along
either bank will be most desirable as resi-
dences, and they only await occupancy and
FL Improvement to become SUCH
Unlike many cities of its size both north
and south, the streets of Knoxville are well
macadamised, and substantial brick side
walks laid in every direction. Mud which
in mild climate during the winter season
!. is plenty and deep, need not be dreaded a
much as in Northern cities, when frost il
W coming out of the ground. We might ado
more on this subject, but tits only proposed
20 present some of the more prominent fea
. lures of our winter climate. Expense o
living does not vary much from what it i
in the North. There are three hotels be
sides private boarding houses. Upon thi
subject, we will give more definite inform
alton to any who will write, making spe
cific inquiries. Knoxville is well provide
+ with churches of the various religious dc
81 nominations and the city will be found q
quiet on the Sabbath or during the wee
as any, anywhere. Besideswe are pleas
y ure loving people and many first class Ell
tertainments are given-both by home a.
i lists and foreign, all the first class troupe
4 who give entertainments i'm the large
Southern cities give us a call and are a