The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-08-22
THE sAPPHIRE CoUNTRY

The eulogles of the mountain country of
western North Carolina, POLITICALLY known
as The Land of the Sky" are never bur
dened with over-praise for those who know
the region. They are ever ready to declare
that nowhere else are to be found such
wide sweeping and beautiful Mountain
scenery, 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 canopy of Sta
balm blue. The sunny southern slopes
and table lands of this region planned by
nature for mans health and ioy roll three
thousand feet above the sea, oyershadowed
by the Hottest peak east of the Rockies
But while Asheville and other widely
known resorts of THE Land of the Sky''
attract multitudes of visitors, other haunts
as enhancing for sky and air and scenery,
have been accessible only to the pilgrim
who sought them out in a heeting visit
One of the most charming of these regions
which awaited the coming of hotel &C
commodations and other creature comforts
of a tarrying place, is the Fairfield and
Sapphire Lake Country, twin Jewels in an
emerald setting unique for beauty even in
this favored southland. Set in the midst
of the Blue Ridge Mountains, towering
cliffs rise thousand feet from the lakes
and cascades simmer like 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 of Mount Toxaway; and superb
new hotel, Fairfield Inn, on Lake Fairfield.
The variety of surroundings and entertain
ment is very notable. Sapphire Inn on
the Lake, with spacious grounds, offers
unsurpassed fishing boating and driving
Then high on the mountain summit rests
the Lodge, reached over a fine road wind
ing 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 liv-
ing here in the sky cannot be described.
Fairfield Inn nestles on the shore of its
matchless lake, and is the largest of these
resorts. The hotel is like a great Manor
House on an estate of twenty six thousand
acres. which contain seventy FIVE miles of
river and brook fishing, carefully stocked
and preserved. Large farms in the high
est cultivation and numerous apple and
peach orchards supply the house, and on
the spreading pasture lands Craze focks of
sheep and herds of choicely bred dairy
cattle. Through this great estate many
miles of road have been built and graded
and continued around the lakes through
scenery of wonderful beauty BY half
hundred waterfalls of from fifty to three
hundred and fifty feet in height The Inn
itself is rich in the modern comfort and
luxuries which contribute to the sum total
of living, with fine water supply, electric
lights, spacious porches and rooms boat
ing, bathing and the drives and shady
walks about the shining lake The man
agement of this group of hotels is nota-
bly, satisfactory in every way, and the
over-worked word 'ideal" seems to apply
to mans handiwork in this cloudland. A
catalogue of the attractions of this noun
tain paradise would be record of charms
which speak far more alluringly for them
selves. The solemn forest primeval is
bright with wonders for the forester and
botanist. and in this natural sanitarium
the rest and health and pleasure seeker
thanks Heaven for the Joy of living, and
is content. The hay fever victim finds the
ozone-laden and dry air balm and a cure,
and the average temperature at Sapphire
for the summers of the last four years has
been only sixty-nine degrees. The water
is as pure as the air. Visitors from the
North and East reach Sapphire, coming
from Asheville and Hendersonyille, N. c.,
to Brevard. From the South and South
west. the route is via Spartanburg, s. c.,
and Hendersonville to Brevard. The drive
from Brevard or Walahalla over splendid
roads is an enjoyable curtain raiser to the
beauties of the Sapphire country. More
detailed information will be furnished by
addressing Manager of Hotels" Sap
phire, N. c. This resort region is one of
the jeweled links in the chain connected
with the North and South by the Southern
Railway, the route to "The Land of the
Sky" The Sapphire Country with its
manifold and long hidden charms is
reached with the limit of comfort and
speed over this great system.