Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-08-04
THROUGH LEXINGTON
Official Announcement Made of
Automobile Route

Official Announcement Made of
Automobile Route
Following 10 the official an.
no. ncement of tho selection Of the
automobile route from New York
to Atlanta, made by Major Cohen
of the Atlanta Journal and Mr..
Peltz of the New York Herald,
and published in the two papers:
"After much careful study and
nearly four thousand miles Of ex-
perimental touring in their scout
cars, the route for the national
highway between New York and
Atlanta has definitely been select
ed by the New York Herald and
The Atlantic Journal.
1.-THE itinerary finally chosen
for the endurance run which is to
take place next autumn from the
metropolis of the north to the Gate
City of the south, and the route
which is thus to be dedicated as
the national highway connecting
those two great cities, is the one
.raversed by the Herald's White
Steamer scout car in it, first run to
Atlanta.
1.-THE chosen path which 10 to
link the north and the south to-
gether by series of fine touring
roads and Is thus to unite moro
closely the interests of the two
sections of the country. passes
through a region rich in scenic
beauty and in history memories.
1t traverses many of the most fam.
GUS battlefields of the Civil War
and includes this resting place OF
many of the wars most lllustrious
heroes, among them the tombs OF
those splendid opponents of the
Lost Cause Gen. Robert E..
Lee and Gen. Stonewall Jackson.
"In their preliminary scouting
expeditions the Hersld's White
Steamer and the Atlanta Journals
Oldsmobile conscientiously covered
three separate routes, portions OF
some of which were traversed with
nolittie difficulty and even hard
ship.
"Their first trip lay from New
York westward through New Jer-
sey and Pennsylvania, to the his
toric town Of Gettysburg, where
one of the decisive battles of the
war was fought and where the
high tide of the Confederacy was
met Ind swept backward when
Pickett's heroic charge scattered
itself against the immovable lines
of Hancock's second corps. From
Gettysburg the route turned south
ward through Hagerstown, Nd,
and across the field of Antletam,
another Of the most famous OF
modern battlefelds, where McClel-
land met the first northern inva-
sion of Lee. The scenes Of these
two great struggles lie only 40
miles apart and are within the
compass Of an easy mornings tour
ing.
"From Antietam the chosen route
extends across the Panhandle
of West Virginia, to Winchester,
Va, another town with war men,
cries and forever identified With
the fame OF 'Phll' Sheridan; end
thence down the beautiful Shenan-
doah Valley OF Virginia, through
Strasburg, Mount Jackson, Har-
risonburg and Stanton From
Stsunton the national highway
will extend through the city of
Lexington, Va, where both Lee
and Stonewall Jackson are buried,
and thence to the wonderful Nat
ural Bridge. There, as at Gettys-
burg, it is probable that in the re-
liability run from New York to
Atlanta, next October, it will be
arranged to arrive sufficiently ear
ly in the day to permit ample
time for the tourists to enjoy the
scenic and historic beauties of
both places. Night stops will prob
ably be made both at Gettysburg
and the Natural Bridge.