The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1880-07-08
THE GREAT W EST.

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the effect OF ditthsing not only more
accurate knowledge Of the chamct-
or and qualities Of that portion OF
the State, but alec to stimulate a
general Stateiuterest to appropriate
ard utilize forgencral purposes, the
treasures cfsdil, CLIMATE, products
aud scenery wltich'haNc lain hid
zen aud unknown except t"lheir
:tunafr, but isolated possesSors.
For NC venture to say that not one
IN ten " the edltVr;a corp. pro-
cnt haG anything laoro than vague
rud nndrttned conceptions OF the
.-gion low first visited; conceptions
NJ clearer than those draw from sha-
dowy photographs or careless des-
ERUPTION. When therefore the scene
was laid open to view, there Was al
u,nSt rs much delighted wonder as
>wcllcd the. eRaptured breast OF
the discovcrer of n new world.
The Western Rail Road, still in
complete, has Just penetrated the
barrier that separated the West
from the East. and opens the way
to development that almost stag
gers imagination to grasp. For it
is the awakening agency which is
10 exercise its viviyimg influences
upon forest and upon stream, upon
farm and upon hamlet. unit! the
whole land will resound with the
Eum of manufacturing industry,
Mntil the fields shall smile or glow
with the crops or the herbageas yet
only tested in experimental trials;
until tile hamlets shall grow into
towns and the towns expand into
cities; and until thrift, and industry
and enterprise shall have filled to
profitable purpose the placcnow DC
cupicd Ivy benehcent but prUtitlcss
nature.
In hooking upon this section, it is
natural to rccur to the towns, and
to forecast their future, for they
are the force vi business and it il
tiry which give tie stimulus to
rural energies by reason Of the mark
cts they provide. Foremost among
these is Asheville, and her destiny
it docs not seem hard TO read \
glance at the topography Vi the
country gives the answer. Beau.
catcher, more sacred to lovers or the
seekers after pleasure then to the
philosopher or the political ccono.
mist, nevertheless is u point from,
which mary pregnant ! c 5 o MS oil
future promise may he intelligent,
Iy and distinctly read; for from them
the lines Of the mountain chains are
al clearly defined, and the natural
pathways Or gatcways are laid open
t,thr eve. Aud it IL seen thai
A,hcI lie lies in the intersection o
the inevitable aud only pathways
through the mountain barriers
lrum the North, comes the leve
opening between two high thanking
range. which extend NtGtIward {,
the Tennessee line through wlricl
there is easy aces. To- the. world o
tic West. To the West, the Col,
mountain aud the Newtound range
Withdraw themselves andIUpeu ~
the valley which is not closed for
hundred miles; and this open a lov
and easy way to Haywood, Macon
Cherokee, and lJacktown. To tlr
south, the mountains 50 Far reced,
that the roads in that direction ar,
scarcely less level than may b
found in Eastern Carolina, and ihi
r"utc will soon be used by the Aslie
Vile ~ Spartaihurg road. Whilet,
the Last the read 1.-THE SwannaDoi
gap lie now filed by the road s,
"eatIy at tue end Vi one step in it,
course.
And these are the only .'omtinu
"u~ lines that pas. through III,
mountains, and they mnavoidabl,
and exclusively i"tcr,"ct at Ashc
Vile.
II may he conceived What an in
tscsrc this must hay" upon - plac,
~"tamcd for ii. health. ~ noted f,l
It's recognized advantages, aud the
c'n"'n~i"n is inevitable that "a .plcn
did future Is assured Already wt
e." significant Ign If The bursting
ii fl"b"n1. Ola traditional system
'"'"'"t WITH almost m,thing nor,
'''n ia" ~l"r'ahc"u- gifts Of natur,
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