The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-11
THE APPALACHIAN PARK.
The beautiful Section of Western
North Carolina.


people axe aware OF the scenic splendor
of the area which lies between the
pr,,o Pf5ra and the SroLv mountains
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tins WIN 81 1u!I realization OF the tact
that thousands Of people have visited
tn. title of Tn. TarI IF ~. Skv PM
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nor the hea-th seeker soJOIurnInS a.
AsheviIIe, the social center of the re-
gion gains any real knowledge of the
.rd1.s- o1 IL hidden amopg
lHe-H-4I ah0NEA-lh are seen anu hLLSHi
by onIA i few OF those who EIsiDthe
section Many Of m. most impressive
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oiI4ohs' oA-y 10 1H@ dI|'1 "HU io"U@
wanderer.
To 20 south for tn ummer seems
little snort 81 ridiculous Goodness =
supposed TO J= a. monopoly Of the north
during the hot weather. This Is QUIT a
mistake The summer Climate of those
southern mills IS even more delicious
and enjoyable than that Of any Of L
northern nil resorts. In the matter Of
S-EAA~-E Nt+' "IEA%AHAA-et+-F e-~
the lprtherr end Of the range multiplied
by ten. 10 point of area the mountains
of North Carolina are equal to the en-
tire state OF New Hampshir&"with one
half Of Vermont added 10 IL In point
Of deviation there are twenty-five peaks
which Ov-rtJp Mount washington n
about sixty hills which exceed 5000 feet
IL height The average elevation of the
entire area - nearly Z,JuO feet above
tn sea level
The waterfalls of the section dwarf
those OF any other region east Of the
Rockies. streams and small rivers
p-uug- down the hillsides in endless
IuMU"r and infinite variety. Rivers
plunge in perpendicular fail or in STOP
ing cascades from heights Of 90 to 200
feet. Sm.I streams leap and rush by
tOrtuOus courses for a thousand feet,
here falling straight from the edge of
tall cIiffs. and there gliding IN silvery
currents Over slOping Lodges. The hills
are clad in the richest of foliage. and
the entire region IS a paradise for the
bOtanist, a school for the g~eOlOgist INC
an endIess delight for the nature lover.
The section is easy of access. Eigh-
teen hours from New York puts one in
the very heart of it. What is needed
4 ~ oAAt- IDtA NdN III GULL
fort. and roads by which visitors and
tourists can reach the points of great
est attractivpuess now known TO only
a few
The proposaI TO Law off as = national
park. a single extensive tract in the
northern countries does not seem the
wisest course. While that would en-
brace certain points which should be in
cIuGed in = national reservation II
would exclude others of equal. if NOT
greater desfrabiIity The better nlan
would be = series or chain of smaller
parks connected bv properIv built roads
in the neighbOrhOod of which individual
ENTERPRISE could proyide suitable hotel
accommodations. In that way there
might BE- the LinyiIIe Park, ncIudin
Grandfather Mountain, the highest
point in the Blue Ridge proper. That
would also include a section of the
course of the LinyiUe river. with its
falls ana cascades. \ second park in
the chain should take in the BLACK,
range. a short spur from the Blue
Ridge. but the highest point of land in
the United States east of the Rockies,
with Mount Mitchell as its browning
summit. at an elevation of GIL feet.
This park should also include the Crag-
Sy range. = beautiful Formation con
nected with the Black range. Theme
Il connection could be made westward
to a Roam Mountain Park, and south
westward TO Il reservation which would
include the marveIously beautiful re-
giOu of the southern part of Jackson
county which should in no case be
omitted from any plan for a national
park in that region.
The contamination and proper exc
CutiOu OF the proposal for u national
park in that section of the Appalach-
iIus would open to our people Il region
Of endless delight. a land OF health and