The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1922-08-03
EXPLORING SOUTH CAROLINA
MOUNTAINS.

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very few know that some Of ths
orightest gems in the coronct of san
ph're mountains are within the bo,.
oers OF South Carolina itself. and all
VIII be interested these warm. rosv
oays or summer to know that they
need not go to the North Pole nor
YET TO the rich mans resort of North
Sarcllna to find picturesque scenery
streams to fish and battle in, cold
enough to sometimes daunt the hard
lest; cool mountain zephers to far
the tired bodies into sweet slumbcr
and healing for sick babies ami worn.
cut mothers.
IT one takes Anderson as a point
OF beginning he can have his choice
of these routes.
Anderson to Pickens, % miles.
Pickens toward Brcvari. II miles.
CIhis is the finished part of mag
nlficent road from Pickcns to Bre-
Vard-2T miles which will shorten
the distance to the mountains. omen
some Of the grandcst scenery. and
penetrate into Businesses never be-
fore cntercdJ
For instance, there are tents and
shantics within sight Of this now
load above Pickens which look as
cocl and inviting as any in the ar::s-
tocratlc Adirondacks. There is a ma
tura' rork-worn basin to the right of
this road, Just hidden by some wild
crags, where the water dashes down
ftom its wild sources, forming ma
1ural swimming place about chin
deep of clear, limpid water. One osn
take the shower or the plunge as he
llkes-acccrding to his endurance!
Enquiry of Mr.. Earle Seaborn, at the
Sentinel office, or of any other we'll
posted citizen of Pickens will steer
you to these places. There is on
the read side a stream as pretty as
any French Broad, tumbling down
from the Sapphire Country, and no
doubt full Of fish. The new road has
paused in the very heart Of these
mountains, and will follow this stream
up in its winding course. Eight more
miles will put it to the North. Caro-
lima 1fne, and connect it With high
ways. THIS eight miles is to be built
by contract which will be let August
9th. That part already finished is
the finest that can be built, and was
completed by convict labor. One and
q half hours from Anderson will put
vru in this area whore there are
scarcely any houses as vet, and am
PIE sites icr camping.
This new route will bring Bre-
ward, Gao saY's Head, and highways
leading 10 Ashcvia IN one direction
and 10 Highlands in the other within
30 miles of Anderson. Highlands is
ABOUT seventy miles from Andar-
son.
This new route will also bring
Knoxville, Tenn, the Blue Grass of
Kentucky, and all western highways
have been. With little more work
between Hot Springs and the Tennes-
sec line one can go from Anderson to
Knoxville via Ashcvillc in q lay---a
distance Of 23U.S miles. The former
lcute has been by Atlanta and Chat
tanooga, through the rough Cumber-
land mountains, and would require
two days--a distance Of 392-9 miles.
If one should go this short route
To Knoxville he may know that to
Marshall, N c., he will have turn
pike. About seven miles from Mar
shall to Hot Springs is as pictures
pue as any Rocky Mountain trail 1t
is seven hundred feet high, encircling
mountain as high as there is in the
state, and the only mistake about
this is that it was built one-way
road. The mistake will be rcmcdied.
Hot Springs is as efficacious as any
water in Arkansas or anywhere else.
and cures for rheumatism, gout and
other durable diseases are piled up to
It's credit, though it is as yet mod
est resort. From Hot Springs to the
Tennessee line-8.1 miles-the most
careful and experienced driving is
necessary until this short lnl; in ne
ehain of highways is built on mod
crn lines, but IS wild and grand be-
Mond description. Cataracts and cas-
cades abound along the way, and
rhodotcndron forest seem almost mn
rcnetrable.
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