The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1892-08-18
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TIE CAUCASIAN, bns shsrishes hope ia
inief1 ~ q sEail minority. haze ne srs
lived in a mountainous seStior. bat fof
The p ~ several mouths hive been sis-
tined ~ Oak Ridge. Jon shleh The ~
lot is Visible, bat whose grant appeaf-
anee is greatly dsmEea by thu distance
Of f1rty 1T fifty miles.
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fit desire for mountain scenery by vss
ing this niounlaia. and 81 the came :: es
break TO some extent the monotoay a
seye:al months IN school, which one il
sure 10 fall victim TOO when Lesriy sir
hundred mills from home. Leaving
Stok. sdale, my nearest ra;load point, %
last sa.urday al 4 z. NJ. arrived at
Pinnacle Ssatioa in about one hour a2d
halls pleasant rtn, here found good
hotel accommodations al reasonable rate
/ now commenced making all nece ssaIy
preparations fyr an early start to the
mountain top ntxt morning, such as 10
secure guide who was well acquainted
with the surrounding country, and 20 or
tain good field glass, etc. was there
joined by two other visitors, who after
spending a very pleasant night at the
spai.honr house our small party, led by
our guide, started for the top early In the
morning, and lad we not been well post
ted as to the distance Wa wonld have
easily been deceived by cur eyes, and led
to believe that fifteen or twenty min
ule's walk would surely place us on top.
We hoped to reach the pinnacle in time
TO see the sun rise, but owing 20 the Oh
tanes and steep grade, which we had TO
contend with, he had long since risen far
above the eastern horison. and wrapped
his genial rays over many of the western
mills beyond.
The Pilot Mountain is nearly midway,
on the line OF the Piedmont and Noun
tain division. situated in the eastern part
of Surry county, and most easily reach
ed from Pinnacle station, it being the
nearest point on the @. f. s. Y. V. Rail
Rad, it looms up to the westward with
an altitude of 2. 485 teet, whose summit
is surrounded by the Pinnacle an irrog-
ular cylindrical or truncated cone shape
u ass Of solid rock which stands 300 feet
higher than the mountain proper. 1t re-
sembles a hinge castle with long gothic
windo US, and those lighted up with the
setting sun presents an unique aud
beautiful scene. Its surface area is
about one BALI lore The Pilot is divided
into two parts Ia strange freak CT ma
ture) cleft asunder doubtless by some
CONFUSION OF nature in past ages, while
the lesser mountains merges gradually
into the hills beyond.
The Indians used this mountain to
guide them homeward, thus its name,
"Pilot Mountain. 1t stands as an out
post or fortress, guarding the approach
| to the widest and most romantic scene
ry east OF the Rocky mountains The
tract of land covered by the Pilot was
granted to Martin Armftrong, of Phila-
deIphis, in 1895, from which granted
the title has successfully passed through
james Stewart, of Philadelphia, VII
liam Lewis, of Virginia, and Andrew
Matthew to Mr. Med b ,yd.
About one fourth of mile from the
pinicle, just little to the right of this
rugged path, is found fine cool spring
which affords constant flow OF tht
mountaid sweet and marks the resting
place of hundreds of visitors. From
here to the base of the pinnacle it is yer,
tota ,nf q
ter of mile, yet it requires much tim
to 60 up, as the ascent, owing to tn,
nature of the mountain, whose patti
necessarially makes continued wind
about to shnn the many large rocks ant
inaccessible places, making the distanc
much further. One can ride horse
back to the spring, but from there ar
compelled to resort to very tediou
Climb. The ascent to the to the pima
Gle is maize by ladders and stone steps
although straight up in many places
vat it requires no more nerve than tina
; possessed by fair woman, but h wv thu,
Can accomplish this feat in one or NOR
places Is a mystery to the writer, how
ever, after long wearisome climb on
party were all safe on top, and the read
or mad imagine that We were not slow tt
seat ourselves on one of the many larg
rocks for that long-ooked for rest, ant
indeed we felt that we had accomplished
bat little. when we could look almost di
rectly under US and plainly see our guide
house where he had joined us, then near
ly two hours since, while on the othe
hand We fsft that We had accomplishes
a good deal, for none of MS were By ar,
means slow TO recognize the fact that VI
, , then witnessed grand scene, with th,
advantage of our glass which was soor
brought to the right focus, we were en-
abled to see, and comparatively dra
near many little stations along the Cap
Fear road, also many large farms, tobac
co fields, barns. houses, etc., which wer
virtually many miles away, thus rende;
ing many an Object visible, which Wa
impsrceptlble to the natural eye.
The Pilot can be plainly seen frur
: many points along the r. K and MI
be known to q stranger even at ia
distance, having the appearance of
: large black and furious cloud | mus
7 not forget to say that we walked a
!, around the base OF the pinnacle, an
Il many times found ourselves completed
8 hidden from the skies above by larg
e and rugged projecting rocks, man
U which presented q mystery to kno'
] what power at the top had the adval
:, tage over the law of gravitation, surel
= some of these rocks that weighed man
p tons and apparently weakly supp rte'
: must at some time come TO the groun
y but onr guide was under the impressie
70 that such had never occurred. Reside
g. from the above you can only gather
. faint conception of the peculiar freal
in nature, and grand scenery presents
by the Pilot. To hear is to believe,
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