Evening star., 1914-10-25

is mass of earth and rock grown over
with trees. and it rises so far above the
rolling hills of the neighboring country
that 1T seems to be a mountain set upon
plain. 1t is detached mountain, far
separated from any other. hill worthy
ef the name of mountain, and of a
height sufficient to dominate the coun-
try for. many miles east, west, north
and south.
Sugarloaf mountain, forty miles away.
is visible in clear, bright weather from
points in Tenleytown, the ridge along
which Nebraska avenue runs. those
tracts of land above Burnt Mills called
Pleasant View and White Oak and
probably from numerous other places
in suburban. Washington. 1t is visible
from the Washington Monument.
Looked at from a distance, this lnoun-
tain is symmetrical and its form Sug-
gested its name, Sugarloaf. Old-fash-
ioned lump or loaf sugar was conical
instead of cubial. as it is now. In
perhaps all mountain regious there Is
sugarloaf mountain. Many of them
are more symmetrical and more sug-
gestive of the old-f1shioned sugarloaf
than ours, but, whether justly descrfp-
tive or not, this sugarloaf has been so
called ever since the earliest white set
tiers began to hunt game, fell trees
and plow land in that. region. consid-
erably more than 200 years ago.
y
1t was Sugarloaf mountain when In
dians and buffalo, bear and deer lived
there, and, indeed, in the ira ckless depths
or trackless heights of this mountain.
and in its laurel brakes, tangles Of wild
grape and tumbled rock masses one
might easily imagine that bears and
now.
and southwest. the directions from
which the great majority of Washing
toniaps look at this singular mountain,
it presents its sugarloaf formation.
but this fancy is dispelled II one views
the mountain from other points of the
compass. for, as a matter of fact,
Sugarloaf mountain is as irregular inn
form as a mountain usually is. 1t is
veined with deep ravines. little valleys
rest in it's mass and above these val
leyS rise short ridges and several
domeS or knobs that are secondary to
the big dome 1900 feet high. whick
gives to the whole mountain the name
of Sugarloaf- The main knob is at the
south end of the mountain and its top
is elongated, having its longer axis in
a north and south direction.
North of this dome and about $50 feet
below it and extending enthusiastically
is a very narrow strip of relatively fat
land. and TO the northeast end of 1t
rises knob of a hundred feet less ele-
walton than Big Knob. Beyond this
there is a valley or pass" another
knob and more upland wales and knobs
throughout the extent of this giant
heap of lofty land. The area is about
1000 acres. From east to west across
Big Knob the mountain is a trife more
than a mile wide, its greatest breadth
from east to west is across it's north
erly half, where the distance is two
ha of he tai in
northeast to southwest is three miles.
But they are long, hard miles. If you
walk them. and that is the only way to
reach the high parts or the top of this
mountain unless you own an aeroplane
or dirigible. You cannot climb this
mountain in an automobile or a buggy.
and II you rode to the top on a horse.
which might be possible with some
horse having the blood of a mountain
goat in it, that horse would probably
never come down, or il he did he would
arrive at the bottom in an unsound and
unserviceable condition. Up and down