DeLand news. [volume] (DeLand, Volusia County, Fla.) 190?-1921, 1909-10-01
PATTERSON, \. C.. Sept

written en- tour, were dated from tn,
next town. SO it will be only in kcepin,
If | write of the "unrivaled BLOWN.
Rock country from the little village o
Patterson away down at its foot. But
suppose this time we just imagine it i,
you seeing the country.
Approaching Blowing Rock from 9
westerly direction, from the vicinity OF
Grandfather Mountain, you have only q
faint idea OF the scenic glorics that await
you. Perhaps just this once YOU don't
take the wonderful Ionahlossc turn
pike, which would take you by easy
grades from Blowing Rock to the
Grandfather and gradually around and
~ that to within half mile of its
summit, but you 60 another route, a
little nearer but not so smooth. Con-
sidering the altitude attained by it, this
is a remarkably good road, and de-
lightfuly shady. On the crest of some
high ridge the old gentleman who is
taking YOU the journey, stops to point
out the places Of interest. far over
head Of the valley YOU have Just left
Near at hand YOU learn where the Beech
mountains begin, and which is the Roam.
To the southwest. beyond the Black
Mountain, with their famous Mitchclls
P,ai, YOU note the long Inc Of the Great
Smo,i,s. among which YOU recently
tarrit1 most pleasantly. Again sweep
Ing your gaze across the ocean Of un.
du,atirg blue far toward the northwest
you locate the Cunhcrlands in the dim
Gistnrc,. But interesting things are
haiI, nirg nearer At hand Driving
al ~ the tops Of the ridge through a
forest YOU suddenly ,spy, through the
trees a Oarye for the mountains sheet
VI water With all the delight Of a
child YOU cry out, "A lake where did it
CON, irom' OF course YOU are used to
lakes At home. where almost every other
t,r-a,re tract OF lard has one. but YOU
k,."w they don't naturally grow on
bushes four thousand feet above sea.
level. The explanation comes prompt.
~, You have reached the first in.
t,resting object Of the landscape garden. |
ing on the fine Moses II Cone estate, |
SITUATED near the Village OF Blowing |
Rock. The w,ll-kept homes Of mana
gers and for.men, lodges and club
houses bob up in unexpected places,
Then you drive under beautiful stone
archway. 1t is built from hill to hill to
keep one Of Cones private drives up on
a level grade; is beautiful piece of
masonry, and cost many thousand
dollars to construct At intervals stone
walls with attractive gateways mark
other driveway entrances to the estate.
Extensive deer parks and game pre-
serves are in evidence. Another beau
tiful lake spreads across the valley,
while high on an eminence overlooking
it is the handsome summer home Of the
owner This Cone estate is not SO
nor SO famous as Wander
bits Biltmore estate at Asheville, but it
has undoubtedly done more for the
section in which it is situated. When
Mr., Cone first began buying lands for
this estate, the shrewd mountaineers,
almost to a man, tackled three prices on.
10 their little unkempt farms and held
N tcnaciously till they won out. Al.
most all of the work was done by home
abor Every man and boy even who
ould lift a tool or drive nail, was hired n
i good wages. Steep hillsides were Il
erraced and planted to vineyards and il
richards, streams were damned and "
ALLEYS converted into lakes and hand r.
ONE buildings were erected. But best h
all, throughout the intermittent area G
this vast estate thirty-fve miles of al
Hcellent roads have been constructed, g.
il open to the public except auto n,
lobiles. All this, when the nearest v,
valable railroad source of supplies was al
lore than twenty miles away, But W
nough of the Cone estate Itf
Driving through the village, with its :,
ANY beautiful summer homes, you ~
ome to the hotels grouped near the ~
,ck, and register at the one nearest. .
GU are on familiar ground now, and at '"
lie end Of few hundred yards walk
nd yourself on the well.known rock, tn