The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-04-25
MACADAM|zEO ROAD
IN THE CH|CKAMAUGA
BURY|NG GROUNDS
THE APPEARANCE OF THE MA
TiONAL PARK Is GREATLY
IMPROVED THEREBY.
FAMOUS JOHN ROSS PLACE
Chattanooga Long Known as Ross
Landins-convenent to Many His
toric Battlefieds, All Easily Reach
ed by Car Lines.
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, April 2S
The national government has
built more than 100 miles of first
class macadamized roadway in
Chickaamauga national park. This
road building ON the part of the gov
ernment has very greatly improved
the appearance of the park and add
ed much to the comfort and delight
of visitors.
Chickamauga Park is reached from
Chattanooga in forty minutes by a
good trolley line. The road carries
the visitor through the center of the
Chattanooga valley, to Rossville, Ga,
suburb of Chattanooga, where it
passes the famous old John Ross
house. John Ross was Cherokee
| Indian, and for years Chattanooga
was known as Ross Landing. Ross
lived a quiet life at the foot of Mis-
sionary Ridge, near the present vii
lage of Rossville. The beautiful
Iowa monument is also located at
Rossville, near the Ross house.
The car line here ascends Mission
AIRY Ridge following it to the battle
| field. At the end of the car line the
visitor can engage either a hack or
an automobile. with veteran guide,
to explore the entire battlefield The
guide will explain the lines of bat
tie and point out places of historic
interest. The maximum rates for
| this service in the park are fixed by
the government and are very rea SON
able.
An entirely new line to Chckamau-
rga park, however, will be in opera
tion by the time of the Confederate
reunion in May, carrying the tourists
along the crest of Missionary Ridge,
showing palatial homes where the
roar of battle resounded fifty years
ago. There are few more picturesque
trips in the country than the one over
Missionary Ridge to Chickamauga
park
Trips, however, in abundance may
be found around Chattanooga to
points of interest at small cost Sig.
nal mountain or Waldens Ridge, lies
to the north of Chattanooga. A new
roadway has been constructed to this
mountain all the distance from Chat.
tanooga. This road is Of macadam
forty feet wide and of level surface
Touring cars can be run over it from
the city to the summit of Signal
mountain, distance of ten miles, in
less than thirty minutes. This trip
is one of the most interesting in the
United States,, as it gives the visitor
an opportunity to view the Tennes-
see river as it fights its way through
mountain gorges two thousand feet
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the most remarkable successes) in
good road building in the Southern
mountains.
Or, if the visitor prefers to visit
battlefields at distance from Chat
tanooga, he can do SO oy engaging a
touring car and going down into
Georgia only few miles. When Jos.
E. Johnston was making his remark
able retreat toward Atlanta, he
fought bates with Shermans army
all the way Many of these historic
fields can be reached from Chattanoo-
ga in a few hours by automobile, or
rail Graysville, Ringgold and Dal-
ton are within an hou, ride of Chat
tanooga. These fields are full of in
terest to all veterans, as we'll as to
all who desire to study the campaigns
around this city by going over the
ground.