Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-05
PENNSYLVANIA IS
STATE Of MANY
VALLEY TOUR|NGS
Grand Circuit of Counties Is
Rich with Picturesque
Stretches.
HISTORY ENHANCES TRIP
Routes Through the Eastern and
Western Sections Great
Rivals.

With mountain scenery OF the most
varied type, possessing spots inter-
woven with Revolutionary and Civil
War history, Pennsylvania offers to her
motorists a wealth OF automobile tours
unsurpassed by any state. Four mighty
rivers belong to Pennsylvania, and
where there is great river there Is a
ribbon of scenic beauty. Moreover, our
state is rich in sequestered valleys,
many Of them are isolated from the
world and inaccessible to any but mo-
torists. Amongst these are the quaint
communities of the Dutch and Shaker
settlements.
Pennsylvania is indeed the state of
beautiful valleys. Let the automobil-
list, standing at the threshold of his
vacation, set forth in his car and dis
cover his home land state It makes
little difference where he starts, or in
what direction he goes, his course will
traverse natural park land.
A grand tour, however, that will cir
cumscribe most sections of the state,
and disclose every phase of the states
activity and development, and one that
will link many historical spots, takes
Pittsburgh and Philadelphia as its nat
ural basic points. The motorist OF
Pennsylvania may connect with this
grand tour at his nearest point and
travel 1t in any direction he desires.
Setting forth, let US say from Pitts
burgh, the tourist travels south
Through the so-called coke" district,
but which was as famous a region for
travellers in the old stage-coach days.
He passes through Washington.
Waynesburg and, reaching Uniontown.
turns north to Greensburg. From
Greensburg he strikes east for Lyon
Ter, territory rich in historical inter-
est. the. site of an old fort and the
scene of the early Indian fights. Two
miles out of Ligonier is the home of
General st. Claire, friend of the early
colonists
From Ligonier the highway gradu-
ally ascends and the tourist passes
through in the Westmoreland County
State Game Preserve. Further on he
visits Bedford. an historical old town.
AT the foot of the valley lies McCon-
nellsburg, the seat of Fulton County,
1he only county in the State of Penn
sylvania that cannot boast Of a mile of
railroad.
J. Battlefield of Gettysburg
The next objective point is Cham
bersburg, where the Confederate Army
invaded the North. To the east lies
the town of Gettysburg and its faz
nous battlefield.
From Gettysburg the route goes east
through the heart of the famous
Pennsylvania Dutch" country, a land
OF snug comfortable homes and large
stables. Many structures here date
back to the Revolutionary War.
After visit at Philadelphia, the
route is continued north by way of
Allentown, or directly to Eaton.
From Eaton the tour travels to the
Delaware Water Gap, and the Pocono
Lake and Pocono Mountains, the great
show places of Pennsylvania
From the Delaware Water Gap the
tourist proceeds to Scranton and then
Wilkes-Barre. From Wilkes-Barre the
way strikes across the country to
Eagles Mere, the summit of Sullivan
County, which is noted for having a
lake on the top Of mountain. There
are no inlets to the lake; II is fed
by underground springs From Eagles
Mere good roads take the tourist to
Winiamsport on the SusQuehanna
River.
From williamsport the tour follows
he SusQuehanna River down to Harris
burg. where the traveller may well put
n 3 day amidst the beautiful build
mgs OF the state capital. From Har-
hsburg the next objective points of the
sour are Lewistown. Huntington and
Altoona
From Altoona the circuit of the
Erand tour is completed by way of
fohnstown. territory of the old port
Lge canal where canal boats were
lifted over the mountains by incline
slanes- These planes are still visible.
kNS SANAAo AS~oN Ao6 Va Aho NO0E ptA65oo
through scenic grandeur that cannot be
Gxcelled in the state.
= tour which covers the western eco
ION OF the state may be charted out OF
Pfttsburgh to the northwest makes
1ercer the 6rst objective point A
hort distance ON Is Connoaut Lake,
me OF the most beautiful inland water
ng places in the country. From Con-
Ieaut Lake It is only n short drive to
cambridge Sprfnga
City of Beautiful Parks
The next objective point is Erie. the
aty or beautiful parks. From Erie the
our Follows the lake to northeast there
turns south and passes through
Lpartansburg and Titusville to OIL CITY.
from Oil City it travels through Clar-
on to Dubois.
The tourist proceeds east through
ne mountains to Clearheld. and finally
sellefonte, the seat of Pennsylvania a
rate College, and the new site of the
sennsylvania State Penitentiary, which
70 be the last word OF humane gem
ration of criminals.
From Bellefonte the route threads to
harrisburg, where II veers west
hrough Carlisle, the city of Dickinson
sollege aud the famous Indian School.
Chambersburg. A detour will take
he tourist to the battlefield of Gettys-
lurg. He completes the circuit to
gittsburgh along the course of the
gand tour as indicated,