The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-12
Natural Wonders of a
Most Wonderful
Country.
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When Edward Everett Hale wrote
"A Man Without Country" he told
OF man who having cursed his ma
tive land and expressed n desire n.ver
TO hear II mentioned again, was put
in the position OF having his mild wish
enforced, and never again during his
lie was he permitted to see his nome
lana or hear the nane--a terrible
punishment. but considering the crime
who shall say IL Was not inerited? Al
any rat. the example which comes
10 us through this literary episode in
spires a strong chord OF patriotic feel
ing for this beautiful and wonderful
home land OF America In the heart OF
every American.
II would no doubt be impossible to-
day TO find u man who would be the
counterpart of the one referred to.
My Country. It's of Thee" strikes a
responsive tariff in every man. wo-
man and child, but yet, loving the
country as we do. how few really
know at rst hand the rivers and val
leys, tae majestic mountain ranges.
tho great lakes and forests OF this
broad land. or even the beauty SPOTS
OF our own Virginia. and the splen-
did mountain. seaside and country re-
sorts at which TO rest and feast our
eyes on Nature in her many season.
able moods
No country in the world offers the
tourist facilities for travel equal TO
those enjoyed by Americans in their
own country. Wonderful trunk lines
OF railways span the continent and
traverse IL In every conceivable direc-
ton Points few years ago quite
inaccessible are now TO be reached by
rail. steamboat. trolley line or com
Portable stage routes.
The mountain peaks are brought
down to the sightseer by the inclined
railway; great gorses are spanned by
concrete and steel. and suspension
bridges. tunnels and trestles link
valleys. and cut off great detours OF
unnecessary distances, and all this
great system of continental transport
tation is linked together by schedules
made with due regard to close con-
nections, thereby making travel both
speedy and simple.
Palatial steamers ply rivers. bays
and lakes, touching at the islands.
cities and resorts. Offering rest and
recreation, and splendid trains,
equipped like great hotels on wheels,
speed from point to point. carrying
thousands bent on securing the mani
fold pleasures OF travel.
All about us In this broad land arc
natural wonders that are unsurpassed
elsewhere in the world. some of them
absolutely unique: all of them thor
oughly interesting and well worth
seeing.
1t is not the province of the writer
to go into detail mentioning by name
the many natural wonders that should
be visited by the tourist--the list
would occupy too much space, and
even then fail to do justice to the
theme-but the reader is asked to
look over this Richmond Transfer
Company section OF to-day's Times
Dispatch. and many OF these places
will be found exploited in the adver-
tisements and reading notices con-
tained in these pages.
Those who feel. the call of the noun
tains. the plains. the seaside or the
great lakes and forests OF the North,
and who are inspired by the desire to
visit some of Americas historical OF
natural wonder places can get book
lets and folders giving in great detail
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