Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-03-19
MOUNTAIN TRAILS JOY
TO HORSEBACK RIDERS
White Sulphur Springs Sur
rounded by Picturesque
Routes.
TRADITION
CI.INt;S
Stories OF FntnI Clashes With Red
skins Are Told by Descendants of
Pioneers. Who Live In Virginia
=. Ranges.

Especial to The Times Dispatch.l
WHITE SULPHUR. SPRINGS. W.
VA. March lS.--The horseback trails
that wind through the Alleghanies
In the section adjacent to White
sulphur Springs are among the most
conspicuous features of the resort.
and appeal strongly to the many rid
crs who come here. They already
number more than thirty. and cover
neary 200 miles OF the 1000 acres
owned by tho White Sulphur Springs
Company. They are constantly be-
Ing built. and added TO. and furnish
Unparalleled opportunity for health
giving exercise In the stimulating.
pine-!aden air of picturesque coun-
try.
In the carly days trails were made
by bunaiocs and Indians. The white
man followed them. and not n little
early history and tradition cling TO
some Of these trails today. and may
20 extracted from native residents.
New Trnii Being Built.
a new trail is being built which
Will connect FrceIand'B Trail with
Rcmlcy's Draft. making II possible
to go up Rates Mountain by way
OF the former, and ride from the ho-
tel to all the way to Elmhurst Farm
wlthou, striking hard road. Kate's
Mountain ls giant spur of the Al
lcBhanics. $500 feet above the sea at
it's greatest height. and IN named for
Kate Carpenter, "a pioneer OF IVA.
who hid in It's Businesses after her
husband had been Killed by Indians.
L -YFrQm the Grccnbricr Trail. which
leads over GrecnbTier Mountain. a
magnificent panoramic view is To be
had Of the surrounding mountain
peaks for forty, or fifty miles In all
directions The trail. the mountain.
the river. valley. and hotel all take
their name from the green brier vines.
which grow luSuriantly by the
waters edge. and furnished an APP
proprlarc name for the river. when
Colonel John Lewis tangled his foot
IN them more than $50 years ago.
Catnnonnt Trail Picturesque.
The Catamount Trail In six miles
long. II winds to the top Of Green
bricr Mountain. and overlooks the
lake and golf course. and catamounts
are no longer. to be met upon II.
Only the best riders take the trail
over Hickory Knob. which leads To
the highest point In the adjacent
mountaiis. Is more or less wild. and
covers thirty miles the round trip.
Valley View IL one OF the shorter
trails. four miles In length and FREE
qucnted by the more inexperienced
'.hor1 Burns Folly leads for nine
Ridge Trail ~ twelve miles long
y beautiful trail over High Top
makes II twenty ride. and gives
Ions distance views over the towns
oi I.cw!sburg and Ronccvert and the
Grccnbrier Valley. O'FarreIl's Trail
leads for twelve miles over beautiful
acs7erS. aud riding up the Allegheny
Road through Tuckahoe Draft TO Pine
teii7 takes one through Some OF the
"l'dcnt scenery Of this region Access
.3'lblc 10 riders
Thc Gallagher Trail. on the Big
Draft leads TO Glen Andrews Springs.
IRON springs. the water OF which Is
delicious. formerly owned by n
Srctchmnu. Andrew Muirhead and
tac.c is a tea house close by where
one nAy stop for refrcshmen,.
y Find hits of Old Highway.
T. Bits Of the old stage coach road.
-, earliest West Virginia State high
way. arc still cxtant. and may be
reached from trails which run near
I, The Pines All OF the Old South
Travelled this road with their horses
and personal servants when the White
sulphur was the summer meeting
ground for the aristocracy of the
southern states. and though II IL now
n"arl% obii;"ratcd in the spring by