The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-08
TOURING POPULAR IN.
HISTORIC SECTION
Roads Leading Through Old
Battlcfields Attract Many
Motorists.
MICH IMPROVED HIGHWAY

That wonderfully wooded. rolling
court,y extending for hundreds of miles
l., .Ao vicinity Of the Mason and Dixon
Inc has become highly popular with
motor sts recently. No section Of tho
t'ri..i states combines I'm equal area 30
,,,.1 Of historic interest. such diveist-
red scenery and such excellent rond
conditions u.s. that embracing Maryland.
~. District Of Columbia and parts II
PENNSYLVANIA. Delaware and Virginia.
r., descriptive matter herewith has
Neeu prepared from the latest available
,,t,,,uetInr by the touring Information
bureau of the American Automobile As.
s~oclr,ion o. cooperation with the Ma.
,,ouJ Automobile Chamber OF Com
ms,re. and will be found Of interest and
vaIie 10 any one contemplating "A tour
In this section.
The national capital. which Is becom-
,rr more and more a centre for
Automobile tourists as well rs for tour
,s,s hy train and boat. Is the natural
hub OF this region. Roads radiate from
II 10 Gettysburg, Philadelphia, Freder-
,cksburr. Richmond. the Shenandoah
Valley. Harper's Ferry, Hagerstown and
Cumb rlaud. The roads have been
greatly improved In the last two or three
wears. SO that touring by motor Is COM
Portable and enjoyable aside from the
interest Of the historical association and
delights Of the natural scenery.
washirg ton IL a city OF wide. shady,
asphalt streets. nan small parks and
magnificent Government buildings. A
number OF historical and ethical socie-
ties also have their national h%eadauar-
tiers here.
West and south OF the city are many
% the battlefeids OF the civil war.
Near by IL the town of Fairfax Court
House. where q monument stands to
Can't John Quincy Mari, the first soldier
killed In action. In the clerks Office Is
the original will OF George Washington,
in his own handwriting only a few
miles away may vet he seen part OF the
ties o. Bull Run.
Across the river from Washington Is
the Arlington National Cemetery, now
omen to automobiles. The mansion over
locking the Potomac River and city OF
Washington was ones the residence OF
George Washington Parke Gusts, a step
grandson OF Washington, and was after
ward occupied by Robert +. Lee. who
married Miss Custis.
South 4 Arlington is Alexandria,
which hoped at one time TO he the
rat.on's capital. Here occurred the
scene Of the flag episode In the early
DAYS 81 the war. This is one of the
few cities that retains its stree, nomen-
c,ature Of pre-Revolutioary days with
names Of royalty.
Tie trip may be continued to Mount
Vernon. but the roads are such that
4, Is generally advised to make the trip
~ boa; or rail. Mount Vernon. the
home o: George Washington, was in
ter,tsd by him from his brother. Law
renee. The original name OF the estate
was Hunting Creek. but was changed
- Lawrence TO Mount NerHcn In honor
o! HIS former commander. Gen. Vernon
The house has been restored to It's
former condition and contains many rel
Ice o. Interest. The property Is now
owned by the Mount Vernon Ladies
A.. cation. Near the house Is the
tone o: Gen. Washington and his wife.
Ge';ysburg is famous as the scere
o. the battle crisis OF the civil war.
July ! 70 8, 1868. The battlefield lies
southwest, cs the city. covering about
twen.v-fve square mites. The impor.
taut points have been marked with nearl:
500 .ronuments ia bronze. marble and
granite. over $1,000. 600 has been ex-
PENDED In monuments. improved roads
g., and his battlefield IL better topo-
rra.hira.ly and artistically than any
other 10 the world. The grounds, COM
rr,sl1g about $50 acres, belong 10 the
national Government and are one or the
national parks. There are Ave steel
oNseryatpries that afford advantageous
views Of the famous s:ratgetic points
u was here that Ll.coln made MS
famous speech November 70. 1863. upon
the dedication OF the national cemetery
MARYLAND has been one Of the very
notable States In read work in the last
Few years. It's state roads system being
particularly embraClve and mostly made
up u bitulithfc or concrete highway.
Frederick. the centre Il many military
operations during the civil war. Is th1
sceae o, Walters barbara F~r.etchie,
and mere also is buried Francis Scott
Key.
Less than twenty miles away is Har-
pers Ferry, the scene OF John Browns
raid on the night OF September 6, 1853.
The old engine house where the last
stand Of the abolitionists was made has
been removed 10 a mall park on IN.
Shenandoah River, Frederick was
also the home of Thomas Johnson. first
Governor OF the state and a signer OF
The Declaration of Independence.
Cumberland IL on the route OF the
cd National Turnpike, which has re-
Gently been greatly improved. II was
through this section and over an old
inland trail that Gist made explorations
for the Ohio Company.
To the west Of Cumberland il the old
Braddock road, cut for Braddock by
George Washington, and the scene OF
many operations in the French and In
dan war.
Haserstown, -four miles south OF ths
Mason and Dixon line, was the centre
OF many advances ard re;reats dultnG
ne c.,ll war. II Is but twenty-e!gh'
miles from the battlefield Of Gettysburg
Twelve miles further south is Antietain
and tc. miles away IL the feld OF Soutl
Mountain, with Bloody Lane, Dunkarc
Church and Burnside Bridge near by
Nathaniel Rochester, who founded The
ely OF Rochester, ". Y, lived nea'
H1g"rs'owr, which was also the home
~ Bowie, the inventor of tho knife by
LAT name.