Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-03-07
Its Many Haunts of Tniersst.

| Especial Correspondence of the Chronicle,
This beautiful city is located in the far
famed blue grass region, noted for it!
healthfulness, superior and religious infu-
| ences; also as a place of great historical
interest. 1t is easily accessible by several
trains daily from Louisville, Cincinnati
and Maysville, each city being less than
one hundred miles distant, and is in direct
communication with the south via the
Cincinnati Southern; and, by negotiations
now favorably pending between eastern
capitalists and the late protector of the Big
Sandy and Mt. Sterling railroad, they e>-
pest soon to have through route to the
Atlantic seaboard by the connecting link
of this road and the Chesapeake and Ohio
road.
As you will perceive, it is admirably
situated as regards railroad center; and,
with its vast influx of trade and the mex
haustible mineral resources, brought 10
close proximity to our business and manu-
featuring interests by the roads, and its
immense agricultural productions which
takes but the slight tickling of the
soil for noble harvest to respond
tends fast to regain its prestige, which it
once enjoyed as being the greatest com
mercial CENTER of the south and south
west; and, too. as to its mportancs in the
mercantile world, of no secondary notice.
We are now situated on the top balcony
of the elegant northumberland build
ing in Main street, where the commercial
of aDu nj ifxy IL
and in the far distance one of the sublimest
of nature views presents itself; words can
not be too lavishing in expressing the rich
ness and lovingness of the country about
this city. The landscape is soft luxuriant
and picturesque, and the approaches to the
city are beautiful, and the rides and drives
in every direction charming Handsome
residences surrounded by evergreens and
magnificent forest trees dot velvet lawns of
peerless bluegrass.snd clover, the emerald
green of which covers every inch Of
ground, save where walks and cemented
macadamised roads are cut through the
thick turf. The bedded limestone which
by disintegrstion enriches this soil il sub
stantlelly used, and Usage orange hedges
and white painted fences, inclose breed
ing establishments Of fine stock on every
road. Splendid blooded horses, and herds of
thoroughbred cattle browse in the shade.
|
is constantly refreshed with plenty, com
fort and loneliness.
History reminds US that the place from
| which our observation is taken occupies
the site of the first house-"block housej-
erected In this section of country, over a
century ago, which was often the resort Of
DANIEL Boone. We are reminded, too,
was the largest town west or southwest Of
flttsburg, and that Cincinnati, then in its
infancy, was almost wholly dependent
on 1t for its supplies. Few places, if any,
contain more food for the historian to feast
on than this one; and, notwithstanding its
drawback in being counted ''slow" in
the New England latitudes, it is, never.
theless, intellectually and artisticaily alive
Those who visit this city for the first time
must be favorably impressed with the an
5 clent-stTie, palatlal residences of its citi-
zens. They seem to possess such an air O.
3 quiet, comfort, space, rural and architectu
raj elegance and horticultural adornment
to which larger cities can not aspire. a