The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-19
THE SAPPHIRE COUNTRY.

The eulogies of the mountain country
of western North Carolina. poetical!y
known as THE Land of the Sky" are
never burdened with over praise for
those who know the region. They are
ever "cadv to declare that nowhere
else are to be found such wide, sweep
ing and beautiful mountain sceicry.
SO many clear and picturesque streams,
waterfalls and lakes, with air so light
and pure that breathing seems a new
found joy; and over all a canopy Of
stabain blue. The sunny southern
slopes and table lands of this region
lianned by nature for mans health
ard JOY roll tree thousand feet above
the sea. ovrrshadowed BY the loftiest
reak east of ,he .lockies. But while
Askevi'le and other widelI known Ie-
sorts of The Land of the Sky attract
multitudes Of visitors. other haunts as
enhancing for sky and air and seen
cry, have been accessible only to the
pilgrims who sought them out in a
;leeting visit. one of the most charm
ing of these regions which awaited the
coming of hotel accommodations and
other creature comforts of tarrying
place, is the Fairfield and Sapphire
Lake country, twin jewels in an emer-
aid setting, unique for beauty even in
this favored southland. Set in the
midst of the Blue Ridge mountains
towering cliffs rise n thousand feat
from the lakes, and cascades simmer
ike bridal wells from the table lands.
The rare charm of it all has attracted
investment, and now entertainment is
offered by the Sapphire Inn, on the
lake; Mountain Lodge. on the summit
Cf Mount ToXaway, and a superb new
hotel, Fairfield Inn, on Lake Fairfield.
Tie variety of surrounding and enter
tGinment is very notable. Sapphire
Inn, on the lake, with spacious grounds,
| offers unsurpassed fishing, boating
and driving. Then, high on the noun
tain summit, rests the Lodge, reached
over fine road winding upwards for
nearly four miles. From this isolated
| peak the view is the most extensive
| and magnificent in the entire Allegheny
| chain, and the grandeur of living here
| in the sky cannot be described. Fair
| field Inn nestles on the shore of its
matchless lake, and is the largest of
| these resorts. The hotel is like great
| manor house on an estate of $4,000
| acres, which contain seventy-five miles
| of river and brook fishing, carefully
| stocked and preserved. Large farms
in the highest cultivation and numer-
| Gus apple and peach orchards supply
the house, and on the spreading pas
ture lands Craze focks of sheep and
herds of choicely bred dairy cattle
| Through this great estate many miles
| of roads have been built and graded
| and continued around the lakes
! through scenery of wonderful beauty
| by half a hundred waterfalls of from
| fifty to three hundred and seventy-fivt
| feet in heighth. The Inn itself is rich
in the modern comforts and luXurieS
| which contribute to the sum total OF
I living, with fine water supply, cleo
! trio lights. spacious porChes and rooms
boating, bathing and the drives anC
shady walks about the shining lake
The management of this group Of no
tells is notably satisfactory in every
way, and the overwOrked word ideal
seems to apply to mans handiwork il
this cloud-land. A catalogue of th'
attractions of this mountain paradis,
would be a record of charms which
speak far more alluringly for them
selves. The solemn forest primeval Il
bright with wonders for the fOrreste
ard bOtanst. and in this natural sani
tarium. the rest and health and pleas
ure seeker thanks heaven for the jo!
Of living. and is content, The hay
fever victim nnds the oZone-laden ant
dry air a balm and a cure. and tn
average temperature at Sapphire 70
the summers OF the last four years ha
been only 50 degrees. The water i
as pure as the air. Visitors from tn
North and East reach Sapphire, com
ing from Asheville and Henderson
vile, y. c., to Brevard. From tn
South and Southwest the route is vi
Spartansburg and Hendersonville t
Brevard. The drive from Brcvard o
Walhalla over splendid roads is a
enjoyable curtain raiser to the beau
ties of the Sapphire country. Nor
detailed information will be furnishe
by addressing Manager of Hotels,
Sapphire, n. G. This region is one q
, the jeweled links in the chain con
nected with the North and South b
the Southern Railway the route t
the Land OF the Sky" The Sapphir
, country with its manifold and Ion
hidden charms is reached with tn