Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-04


West-out to the real West--in almost
unbelievable numbers.
And what a wonderful array of di-
versitied attractions this magnificent
country Of ours holds for those who
have the time. money and inclination
to see them.
CALIFORNIA; Big Trees.
On the western slopes of the great
spinal column Of the Americas are
the foremost of all our natural Won
ders, in one way. There in a grove I'M
like any on earth stand the big trees
of California the majestic Sequoias
that were before Moses-the Oldest
living things upon which man today
may feast his eyes and imagination.
Impossible as it may be to compre-
bend we have the word of science for
these faCts~-that the Oldest among
these trees were study SaplingS when
the children of Israel walked through
the divided waters of the Red Sea.
Already their topmost branches were
communing with the stars when
Babylon gilded the banks of the Eu-
pirates with its Baby
Ion. whose very walls have been bur
led 5000 years.
What pile raised by human hands;
what ruins of former glories, however
impressive can arouse such feelings
as must be present when one stands in
the shade of a living tree that was
older than any ruin in Europe when
Columbus held the glimmer of light
which now flames in a torch Of free
dom,
To enumerate all of the wonders to
be seen in the West would require in
finite space. Between Omaha, the
gateway to the real West, and the
Pacific Coast are more attractions
than could be seen in a single season
but some of the chief wonders. stu
ated far apart in that vast expanse OF
country. besides the great cities which
have grown to large proportions in a
comparatively brief space of time. are;
Yellowstone National Park, America 5
Wonderland: Rainier National Park.
and the Yosemite: the Garden Of the
Gods, Pixies Peak and the balance of
Colorado's awe-inspirng grandeur; the
Grand Canyon, and the Painted Des-
ert: Shoshone Falls and Twin Falls in
Idaho Mount Rainier, monarch or the
Cascades; the beWildering Bad Lands
of North Dakota: the Columbia River
along the side of which winds the ia
NOUS automobile boulevard known AS
the Columbia Highway; genuine In
dian villages, cliff dwellings, the Petri
fled Forest, California's celebrated
orange groves, Catalina Islands, San
Francisco Bay, the Golden Gate and
taking another jump. the Great Salt
Lake Besides these there is count
less number of other marvellous things
to see.
Attractions in East.
For those motorists who will wend
their way Eastward some of the
worlds finest motor roads and a
matchless variety of scenic and his
toric attractions await them on the
Atlantic sea Hoard.
Those who have gazed upon the
ma jestic Rockies and have been held
spellbound by the indescribable great
ness Of the Grand Canyon may he
trlfle disappointed when they first
view the popular touring places or the
East. Some rugged scenery there is
of course, and Niagara, too. but Tor
| the most part they will find no aston
ishing grandeur. no precipitous cllfts
no earthquake rifted chasms, no thun
dering torrents. In their stead will be
| found endless stretches Of green fields
gently rolling country. broken ascents
drowsy villages, wild glens, flower
strewn ravines and tumbling brooks
| that sing a song of tranquility.
Unuuestionably the most delightful
| touring place in the eastern nall OF
| the United States is the Berkshire
| hills.
The Berkshires is a picturesque re
gion of hill and valley, lake ano
stream, woodland and field. motor
ramble among these hills has beer
aptly termed the. tour idyllic. Ger
|
| shires agree that, all things consid
| cred. it's equal as a motoring place is
vet unbound. In this region there are
| no bad roads, all of the hotels are
| good ones. and the entire district is
dotted with clean. inviting places tt
| stop.
Baedeker's Description.
In Baedeker can be found the fol
| lowing prosaic description of the re
gion that has given inspiration &c
poets:
THE district known as the Berk
shire hills, corresponding practically
| to Berkshire County, in the western
part of Massachusetts, is so miles long
| from north to south and 90 to q
miles wide from east to west. covering
an area Of about 1900 miles. On the
west it is bound by the Taconic Noun
tains and the State of New York; or
the east by the Hoosac Mountains, q
southern prolongation of the Greer
Mountains; on the south by Connect
! cut, and On the north by Vermont
The region confined between the two
mountain ranges is broken up into 6
number of smaller valleys, inter
spersed with isolated hills. And fol
the gentle loneliness of a hill country
as contrasted with mountain country
it is unsurpassed in the United States
and has few rivals elsewhere"
More satisfying descriptions of the
Berkshires may be found In the poem:
of William Cullen Bryant and thu
novels of Catherine Sedgwick, in the
writings of Oliver Wendell Holmes
Longfellow, Hawthorne, Herman Mel
vile, Fanny Kemble and Henry Tho
reau, all of whom lived among the
| Berkshire hills and loved them, ant
all Of whom invested the hills will
the halo of their genius.
All the north Atlantic country i
full of charm for the motor tourist
| Again lack of space prohibits enumer
ating all the beautiful and interesting
places one may see in this section
Suffice to say that once here the touris
finds 1t difficult to shake off the charm
of the region and say farewell.
tour up the Hudson, through thu
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