Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-27
DEER PARK.
Resort elightful of Any Watering Place
on the Continent.

Correspondence of the Gazette.
DEER PARK, ND, Sept. 24.-Deer
Park received new impetus and was
brought prominently before the public
when ex- President Cleveland HE'D him.
self and bride there Immediately after
his marria ge. Situated in the Alleghe-
MES, far up above the level of the sea,
this resort is crowded from June until
October. A resort which combines isola-
ton from the busy world with every con-
venience found in the largest hotel, easy
of access, where heavens pure air and
earth's purest water are beyond ortiz
cism, is the one naturally sought by the
restless American. Within a five hours
ride from Washington, equally accessi-
BILE from any other center, combining in
large degree the requirements above
noted, is Deer Park. 1t is within easier
reach of a larger portion of the Eastern
half of the United States than any place
between the Atlantic and the Mississippi.
Situated in the crown of the Allegheny
mountains at the western extremity of
Maryland and at point where nature 3
hand has been most lavish in bestowing
every attribute of scenic beauty, where
Park Offers to the summer tourist more
enjoyment and peace than do the more
fashionable and larger summer caravan
saries.
Past its portals lead the double tracks
of the great iron highway-the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad. The hotel is owned
by this corporation, as is that at Oak
land, the two resorts being five miles
hn Woc oh To
Deer park is most picturesque one.
The road skirts the Potomac river for
nearly the entire distance, passing
through historic Harper's ferry. where
may be seen from the windows of the
car John Brown g fort; then on to Mar
tiusburg, principally noted for its coal
production; thence to Cumberland, also
renowned for its coal mines. From
Cumberland to Deer park Is a climb
which only the ablest of iron horses can
successfully accomplish, there being
long grade of 200 feet to the mile, to
Altamont, fifty miles west of Cumper-
land. Here you are 5000 feet nearer
heaven than when at home. Environed
by the shade of grand oaks and chestuuts
are the handsome structures built for the
patrons of Deer park, while cottages
peek forth from their environment of
living green. In front of the main build
ing large fountain filings its crystal
water into the sunlight. This place has
proved q wonderful restorative for i'll
and feeble little folks. 1t is, in fact the
children IS paradise.
The hotel is on the crest of the ridge
which parts the waterfall east of the
Mississippi river. Near 1t one may toss
two chips into little stream; one-if il
floats uninterruptedly-will reach the
Gulf of Mexico ana the Texas coast; the
other will enter the Atlantic. The Cheat
river, so-called because of its dark waters
and therefore deceptive depth, COM
mences its sinuous course near Deer
park on che one side, while the Potomac
finds Its source on the other.
Auiong the cottages in this beautiful
spot may be mentioned that of 7. Harri-
son Garrett, whose tragic death by
drowning two years ago will be well re-
membered. Built at cost of over $780,
600. it contains nearly forty apartments,