Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-08-19
UP IN THE ~ALLEGHENiES.
scenes Along The Davis RaiIroad-Fair
fax SIone-Fort PendletOn-COal-
Trout Fishing.

lax PendletOn-COaI-
Trout Fishing.
Special Correspondence.
OK THE WEST VA. CENTRAL AND PIrrs-
BURGH II, r, August 1--we left the b &
.. train at Oakland, Nd, anu after hunt
log all over the small summer resort final
ly found horses to convey us to- ''FalrfaI
Srone," the boundary line between West
Virginia and Maryland, a distance Of TWEEN
ty miles. Dur camp is situated three miles
northeast of Fairfax Stone" and resr the
construction OF the West Virginia Central
aud Pittsburgh Railway Co.
In I752, when George Washington was
nineteen years old, he was employed by
Lord Fairfax
to survey his vast domains, and it was he
who, in that year, erected the famous
Fairfax Stone"
Before the civil war the Government sur
veyOrs. when they surveyed the boundary
between Virginia and Mary and, erected II
monument TO mark the place. This Fair.
fax Stonei nOwn out here ss the Go FERN
mrnt stone, is three quarters Of a mile from
the place il is supposed that the original
stone was situated, but it is all superstition
as there is no way of finding out where il
stood, only it Is known that ii Is some place
IN there within a radius of three miles.
As there is so little, known about the origi,
nal stone it is hard to find its correct 10 u
ton.
Fairfax Stone" is situated on the north
side of Fairfax Knob, a little distance from
the summit From the knob you can see
down the North Branch Of the Potomac, a
distance of between seventy and eighty
miles.
A few Sundays ago we rode over to Eglow,
Union county, and from Indian Knob you
h we a fine view OF all the country around
A farmer told us that on a clear day anu
with the aid of a telescope, You can see
Phrkersburg and Cincinnati. You can take
this for what it is worth, only I know that
tie day was not sufficiently clear to enable
US to see the Paris of America from that
point.
is situated about twelve miles from here
on the Maryland side of the boundary. 1t
is a charming summer resort with de Ight-
full weather all summer and very nice
walks for the young people.
Fort Pendleton was held during the late
war 10 guard the Northwestern pike and
keep the Confederdtes from marching
south.
The fort consisted of earth works thrown
up behind which the Union army hid.
To-day you can see the remains Of the
old works end also the trenches
that were dug around their tents
1t is said by engineers that are surveying
for coal up here that there is very little
ron IN the mountains but plenty of coal.
The largest vein Of coal found up here is
eleven feet. The mountains are very heaV-
lily timbered, the principal timber is hem
ock and spruce. A large majority of the
trees are a hundred and over 10 height.
We cut down one tIe other day near our
camp that measured one hundred and
twenty-siX feet.
Trout Fishing
is fine here, but the season is almost over
However, nearly every day we have one
meal of trout. The Black Fork river is
where the msjority of trout are caught
On the Black Fork river are falls sixty
three feet high and the roar Of them j.
heard down the river a distance OF two or
three miles.
The construction of the West Virginia
Central & Pittsburgh Railway is progress
ing rapidly. The track is laid a little
above Elkins. which is a small town thirty.
,wo miles above Piedmont. 1t is not a
very old or large town. The population
does rot quite rumNer one hundred.
rhe scenery is magnificent all along this
road. l.. B., JR.