The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1915-05-11
Tuesdays and Fridays
BOONE WAY MEETING
AT CRAB ORCHARD
Location Of Famous Route To Be
Settled by Delegates From Coun-
ties Interested Friday

The official route of the now ia
nous Boone Way from the Mountains
to the Blue Grass will in all proba-
bility be finally decided upon at
meeting of all the counties and COM
munities concerned at Grab Orchard
next Friday afternoon, May 14th.
Elaborate preparations are being
made by the good people of the East
End of Lincoln to entertain their
guests. Several hundred delegates are
expected to be present and an inter-
esting contest is expected to be waged
before final settlement is made of
the officinl route. Each county rep
resented at Mt Vernon and in the
Boone Highway Association is ex-
pected to have two voting delegates
on hand and in addition to these, it
is very probable that all of the com
munities concerned will have q host
of boosters" on hand to urge the
claims of their respective communit-
les. The meeting will be held at the
world-famous Crab Orchard Springs
hotel so that there will be ample ac-
commodations to entertain the larg-
est crowd that may attend.
Informal conferences have been
after the Boone and Dixie Highways
during the past few weeks since the
meeting at Mt. Vernon, looking to-
ward an agreement regarding the To-
cation of the first named road. A
strong effort will be made to route
the Boone Way around by Lexington
and thence on to Louisville.
Knoxville has become greatly in
I 4 a ID -
lier, of Crab Orchard, who was here
Monday, says a big delegation is ex-
pected down from the eastern Ten
nessee metropolis. The Knoxville
people want the Dixie Highway di-
verted by their city o"er the Boone
Way and thence to Chattanooga and
on south.
Discussion of Dixie Highway plans
will probably occupy good portion
of the time of the meeting at Grab
Orchard. Congressman Harvey Helm
chairman of the publicity committee
for Lincoln county, has been devoting
much time to the preparation of his
torical sketches and other interesting
data regarding Lincoln county, and
its points of scenic and historic inter-
est. This information, appropriate
ly illustrated with pictures of the
scenes described, will be published
in pamphlet form for presentation to
the Dixie Highway Commissioners.
Congressman Helm had beautiful
views taken from the. top Of Halls
Gap and also has a photograph of
the home of Gov. Isaac Shelby, at
Travellers Rest, taken some time be-
fore it burned; he also has a picture
of the old Whitley house, Crab Or
chard Springs and other historic
scenes. He has written an interesting
synopsis of Lincoln county's attrac-
tons from an historic and scenic
viewpoint which will be embodied in
the publication, which will read as
follows:
Stanford, KY. May 6, 1915.
Mr.. William W. MARI, Secretary of
Dixie Highway Commission,
Springfield, Illinois.
Dear SIR
The resolution adopted at the
meeting held in Louisville, KY, on
April %, 1915, requesting data con-
corning the type of road and histori-
cal attractions together with your
communication without date has been
handed to me with the request that |
endeavor to furnish you with the in
formation sought by you.
The attached paper or brief is the
result of my efforts in that direction.
| have answered the questions out
lined in the resolution, seriatim, and
have added that data that seemed to
me interesting and german to the
subject in hand.
If | can be of further service to
you along these lines, do not hesti-
tate to call on me.
With very kind regards, | an,