Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-07-06
STAGE COACHING IN NORTH CARO-.
LIMA.

css. ihle In rorr,..
sr..,.,
RALr1eH N. q Jnlv 1909
STAGE coaches in the Nortb C.-oi;,. 49,,
tsins have for vears been Int ,,.,,.-, .nd
this lovely region b.. thsr.,o-. ~ r..,h.a
nv tou-,.ts on,u 49, a.. S ~.
on.y aions 'ne oea'en uack-tne
railway line. But there is at last an oppor-
tunlty Tor the tourist to do two things-inyade
new part Of the grand mountain country and
that an A.. st.o. .o.ah IT,. s
''ii0'Pon0-
party sPeclauy made up by the Seaboard Air
Line, W hich has put on the new stage line be-
tween its western tarr,;rus Prthar,ora,or .,a
Ash.v;I,. .h.-, u.-,- ~. ~
-i'Aoiy Nu' "aP'
u.An ta as are 'ne views at the Swannanoa Gap,
ne.s1 i tney become insignificant as
eomPafeT WIN lnosS the HICKORY Nut Gap al
,oros. inere ID In the latter world OF won
aers anu spectacuaf magnihcence In smaller
Compass tnan anywhere else In all the mighty
biue hiase; flushing river, towering mountain.
P Pc GINS OF stone rising perpendiculariy
wat.rs",i 800 80 ~ pu slope, t9e hisnes.
streams AZ clear an crvstaI caves ~ 'are.t Az
tent and last but not least Shaking Bald"
mountain, sometimes spoken Of as the North
Sarohna 'oicaho. 1nese are some OF the cn1e1
Semsnss "nich MAKE up the attractivenees OF
wy pi"'e' Anu ali 'nese are III raolus OF tnree
l'iie''
THE MOUNTAINS.
Fifty miles away, along the railway, there
are views Of the mountains. For a few miles
.Iona ,hroroh 49, - -. "a
hor5ss-;n tS .u nno inlins COUNTY, anu
.' O.a.nS tne .urhpi ne are many lea,y aurac-
n" i've iaIn HOUSES . inen tne broad river is
.eaono, anu .his never ceases 70 pour lts
waters un,u .ne Top OF the mountain pass or
| l.
anu races ING mn siuice. ts panxs are
uoroere1 oy mat magnlncent mountain mower:
u ne IuouEuenoIoh' now IN al us oeau!y OF
D,oOni' mniie 'ne evergreen Ionage OF sne
spruce, nemlock, chestnut ana white pine nils
FrorPt tho .;.,, .ho -,, -,
the mountains never cease. Thew tower above
the road and there is barely space for road and
river. At Chimney Rock vast precipices are
a.ar,.iI Ths an .p" now o oao r , anu anu
h,T ,,; 1ne! Vi nSn' coioreu graHL'e, WINE
mt or snns,.ch;am E"i nasts - VIC go. Oso
,set oy.r q r.. Iii - -, h,nn, .s,'a WV
'ee' 0''' s'oi wan Vi nearly UREA s'ohe'
VIEW FOR sEvENTY.FIvE MILEs.
There is q well-arranged ascent to the top Of
Chimney Rock and from its height there ia a
view az tendinp seventv.f,vs miles IN tho aast-
| - ii - a., .. NJ. D.,
sbnts ont asS.,;IIo ; .hn 49, W s.a..iS'.
paths ~ ~ IL nso AZ Me o'no, ufe.uon.
niacas aionr AZ hm.t;n n,iss any, - ata
Iadnas wh;nS ~ S Va s.CnS W.
1890 iI an sIe Piaces onE e nen s.
md lie .horn ,tnS,, zen, tno ~ iees
e.. e..a.h"o; s IL! ~ re-, a.u
tonnIs md III "Hu "pp'~''ns 90 ~ ""ou' W
"Ppio ~nu ia.. go
eoI1a ~, y, th,s pashmsy even 'no heao VI 'ne
sr S,,r .aii E. may o ee t teacnea.
,,rthar -, ~ ~ ~ nan iiliie
oh;n,na, ..Shsnp poiS !" VIC P"sS ioni ' nc
scarnsS s;5s. .h;nh nr, NV pmoes On n is
., tbss. IL nansd .i La Tss;, ,, oH ;''
honor ~ Ms Ersuces HoSnson prrna..
na;ado t a;a.n amy I1ouoAhs no'ei IN .ne
nnveI sEsn,araiJo ' -''' "'o'e n'A
:,
MYSTERIOUS HUMBLiNes OF OLD BALDY.
To the scientific "Old Badly" as the noun
taineers term the big and queer mountain, offers