The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1909-09-02

Mr. v D Bryan Writes about Mountain
BreezeS and Scenery.
Editor County mrc"rd:-

As sit her,. on the porch enjoy
ing the moun,aiu breeze, which Is
delightful. my thoughts go down in
dear old Williamsburg and l wonder
If it can be hot there now as it was
when | left there three weeks ago.
We sleep under cover every night.
! Three DAYS after We arrived here
my faithful old horse "Joe," ar
rived and We have since then put in
\ some long drives in the country and
in the farming section. Our first
trip was over to Horse Shoe. There
J we dined with Mr. A Cannon, one
of Henderson countv's most sub
stantial citizens and a large planter.
He has an elegant home we'll
stocked with herd of Devon cattle.
We were royalty entertained by his
hospitable family. After dinner we
started ont for the French Broad
valley. Crossing the river We drove
on up to Mills river valley and in
the valleys of these two rivers | saw
some of the finest corn | ever saw,
except Mr. A Cannon's with whom
we dined. His is the finest | have
yet seen.
We went on over Mills river.
The scenery at Mills river Is beauti-
full; the mountain sides there are
dotted with boarding houses and
hundreds of boarders are out there.
This is 10 miles from Henderson.
vile. Our next long drive was
down to Chimney rock, Is miles,
.-csessing the Blue Ridge at Hickory
Nut gap, going down the mountain
for s miles. The rugged mountain
scenery on this 8 miles of rock is
indescribable. At the foot of the
mountain stands a rock projecting
ont of the side of the mountain 240
feet high, 60 feet across. This is
called Chimney rock. Just before
starting down this mountain you cross
little hill in the sand about 6 feet
wide, which is the dividing line for
the water courses of the mountains.
All water falling on the west side
of this six foot ridge finds its way
into the Santee river and that on the
east side goes into the French Broad,
thence into the Tennessee anil on into
the Mississippi river.
Our next long trip was back into
South Carolina. We started out last
Tuesday morning for Caesars Head,
26 miles from Hendersonville; We
went up the Grab Greek valley,
where we saw some very fine corn
and fine cattle, We arrived at Cae-
sar's Head at 6 o'clock p m, had
supper at $50 and then went up on
the rock, which forms Caesars Hea d,
and in company with others saw the
sun set, which was simply grand. II
took two minutes and forty seconds
to hide itself behind Hog Back
mountain and continued to shine fol-
some time beyond the mountain. This
sight will have to be seen to be ap'
preciated.
After spending the night ou Cae'
sar's Head We left next morning for
Buck Forest, and down on Little
river. This river is noted for its
+. magnificent waterfalls, viz, the
Triplett falls, 100 feet high; the High
GALS, 112 feet high, and the Bridal
Veil falls, about 80 feet high. The
river st this point is 225 feet wide
and we walked across it under the
falls perfectly dry, not even getting
our feet wet. From there We started
ont for Hendersonville and our faith
full old "Joe" brought us in at 7:3(
O'Clock. We are resting to-day.
~ With best wishes for yourself, you
paper and all my friends in Williams
burg, I am,
Yours truly,
II