The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-08-31
POINT pIEAsANT
A HISTORIC CITY OF MANY
ATTRACTIONS.
Magnificent Bridges and Beautiful
Rivers.


people within the gates of the CITY,
and there will be more here to-
morrow.
Besides the great agricultural
and mechanical exhibition and the
races on the Fair grounds, there
are great many other places of
interest in and about the CITY, a
visitor may go, with profit and
pleasure.
Immediately above the CITY is
located Look and Dam IL, over
whose great, high, stone wall, the
pure, cool, sparkling, crystal waters
of the Great Kanawha go stream
ing, pouring, dashing, splashing,
foaming, roaring on down the valley
to join the Mighty Father of Waters
below. This is place we'll worth
your going to see. The tuneful
roar of the falls may be heard for
many miles.
The scenery around about is
great; broad valley on one side
and towering hills and preoipitous
escarpments, frowning in austere
silence, five hundred feet above on
the other.
Point Pleasant stands on historic
ground. 1t was her soil that drank
the first blood of the Revolution
1t was here in October, 1774, the
first bloody battle was fought, be-
tween the whites, led by the gal
liant Gen. Lewis, and the Indians,
with British aid, headed by that
famous Chieftain, Cornstalk, the
famed friend of the white man.
An enduring monument, erected
by white men, to commemorate the
virtues and memory of this great
Chieftain, stands in the Court
House yard, not far from the spot,
where he himself, sleeps his last
sleep. He was murdered down
where the old fort stood.
The old fort stood down at the
junction of the rivers. If you have
never been there, go there now
You will see some of the remaining
ruins, where the old we'll stood, etc
George Washington, the Father
of your country, has been here and
drank from the old spring, that
bears his honored name, stu.
ated near Miller's grove.
Point Pleasant is CITY of mag
nifioent bridges and beautiful riv-
ers. See them.
You are invited to visit our many
beautiful church edifces and in
spect our public school buildings
Our churches are the Crowns Glory
of our city, and the several minis
ters will interest you in them, while
our teachers will show you that our
school currioulums embody most
sensible and practical ideas, set
forth by modern pedagogues. 1t
is not crowded, but complete, not
fancy, but practical.
Visitors within our city should
not fail to SEQ our electric light
plant. Those in charge de'affairs
will conduct you through it with
safety and take pride in telling of
the wonders in the developments
made, since Ben Franklin first
pulled down lightning from the
clouds.
Don't go away without seeing
our manufactures and great retail
dry goods and grocery firms. There
is the Mountain State, Brick and
Tile Works, place of interest to
go; our Machine Shops and Foun-
dry, the dock yards, where two big
docking companies do business,
our Touring mills, saw and planning
mills, furniture factory, tie hoists,
beautiful wharfs and landings,
and then bear in mind our many
great mercantile establishments,
dry goods, clothing, boots and
shoes, groceries, shippings. All
these will interest you and the pro-
prietors of each and every one will
extend to you hearty greeting to
come within their doors. No matter
about your buying anything, if
you do see anything you want and
buy, however, they will sell it to
you SO cheap, as to make it almost
a souvenir of your visit