Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-11-07
BIG TOURING SEASON CLOSING.
MAKE READY FOR 1925

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| The unprecedenttd weather whisl
has blessed the Shenandoah Vai'e'
this Fall has added thousands to TN
roll of tourists who visited this section
during the summer months.
just how much longer the season
for visiting motorists will last is profile
NAUTICAL, but even though it would
close now the tourist traffic in the
Shenandoah Valley during 1924 lar
exceeded the expectations of the most
sanguine boosters for this wonderful
country.
The contributing reasons Tor the
great influx of visitors may be many
but the outstanding drawing cards for
the Valley have been the caverns.
Nowhere in America are the under
ground works of Nature so beautifully
and so extensively developed as they
have been in this area, and at no place
are the grottoes SO marvellous. The
number of visitors to these caverns run
into the thousands, and Shenandoah
County has been the mecca of the major
portion of the multitude because of he
fact that the Shenandoah Caverns are
located within its borders, and Endless
is just across the line.
Approximately $4,000 visitors, coming
from all sections of the United States,
and many from foreign countries visit
ed this County's premier attraction the
Shenandoah Caverns, and those thous-
ands were enthralled with their incom-
arabic beauties and entranced with
the sublimity of their gorgeousness-
The far flung fame of the Shenandoah
Valley comes of course from the pub
licity which has gone to the four cor
ners of the earth, and this publicity has
awakened the nation to the fact that at
the door of the National Capital there
is great stretch Of country which, for
natural beauty, exquisite scenery, and
the true hospitality has no equal in
America.
A large part of this publicity is due
to the organized effort of the Shenan-
doah Valley Incorporated. supplement-
ed by the cooperative work of the
various chambers of commerce lin the
Valley and the direct advertising of
the owners of the caverns.
1t would be hard to approximate the
financial benefits to this section de-
rived from tourist traffic, Ibut it amount
ed to tens of thousands of dollars. In
the distribution of these huge sums the
entire Valley shared, for if opened upl
many markets for the products of
farm and garden, gave employment to
a small army of workers and enhanced
the values of a large amount of real
estate.
Woodstock shared in the fruits of
the 1924 tourist trade to the extent of
the towns preparedness to meet the
demands for Accommodations and enter
tainment, and even with the limited
Accommodations which it affords. thous-
ands of dollars were spent here by
out-of town visitors.
The Chamber of Commerce tower on
the crest of Massanutten mountain was
the objective of many tourists, but far
too few when it is borne in mind that
at no place. on earth is there a scene
so sublime, or view SO enhancing as
the one to be had from this tower
Steps to make the tower more Access
sible are necessary to make Wood
stock the stopping place of thousands
who would motor to the mountain top.
The 1925 season promises large in
crease over the one just closing, and
during the months which intervene
between now and the Spring opening
OF the tourist travel should be used in
giving wider publicity to the advan-
tages and attractiveness of the Shenan-
doah Valley, and in preparing for the
great influx of visitors who will come
in the wake of this publicity.