Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-12
FIND SWISS SCENES
IN WEST VIRGINIA
Beauty and RestfuInesS In.
surpassed in Towering
Mountains.


peace and rcStfulness is not 10 be dup
Heated In This or any other land, West
Virginia. the Switzerland Of America
has nothing finer TO offer.
Towering mountains. panoramic
views, fertile valleys busy little brooks
broad rivers virgin forests, historic ira
ciitions Of piouant interest A States
pride! A motorists delight
This little Journey begins At White
Sulphur Springs end enos at the Wiz
giris line some 10 miles from Monterey
fine hard-surfaced roads the entire dis
tsnce, except for few short stretches
Of dirt. which, however. are kept in
such perfect shape during the Summer
that the n1ot0risi will scarcely know or
care when he leaves the concrete and
strikes the clay.
Famed as Resort
White Sulphur Springs is famous the
world over as fashionable all-yeay
hsalth resort. Il is stated with author
i;v that solf in America was first played
there
White Sulphur Springs Is in the heart
O. the famous mineral springs section
cf North America In the immediate
reighborhocd are Pence Springs, salt
sulphur Red Sulphur. Green sulphur
sno Old Sweet Springs.
The Government fish hatchery. Just
outside Of the White. en- route "a
iewiseurg, is worth short visit. There
srs rainbow trout here such as the
angler describes as having been hooked
bat never landed
A few short miles further along Is
Iewfssurs. a relic Of the Old South, al
tncdah very thriving and up-to-de t.
LITTLE city, II nestleS in the heart of
The blue grass region. Many old CO.
icnial homes are 70 be found In the
countryside The old stone church.
erected in 1896. marks the spot where
the Presbyterians first orga.-ized a
church unit or western waters. Nearby
stood Fort Donnally and Fort Savan-
nah. A school, established in 1912, WIS
the forerunner Of the two fine schools
located here today. the Greenbrier Col
iege for Women. q Presbyterian irStitu-
ton. and the Greenbrier Military
Academy
From Lew.Shurg the road winds up
AnthonyS Creek. a part Of the Seneca
Trail to Nariuton, the county seat of
pocahontas County, rich farming and
lumber center. Marlinton Is the eldest
re.trded settlement west Of the Ale
Ehsnies, dating Irom l7a9.
And thence over the historic Seneca
Bank. Durbin. Huttonsville and Beverly
70 Elkins. Between Marlinton and Ell
kins. as well as beyond, the motcrist
passes through the heart Of West Vir-
ginis's mountain scenery.
The mountains CT West Virginia do
not have the spectacular grandeur to
be found in the Alps or in the Rocky
Mountains. There are no breath-taking
precipices, no canons cut mile -deep In
the solid rock. no awe-inspiring snow
capped crags. The West Virginia
mountains are net frigidly wild. nor are
they dangerous. they are rugged and
friendly. The r1ountains Of West Viz
Finia are not comparable to the Alps or
the Rockies but have a beauty and
charm all their own.
At Hutt0nsville the motorist strikes
the historic Tygarts Valley. a turbulent
territory in the days of Indian warfare.
and. later. during the Ciyil War. At
Beverly is monument concentrating
the Battle CT Rich Mountain, Of Civil
War fame. It vas in the Tygarts VAL
lev that the lines were more bitterly
drawn between the North and the South
than III all pr0bs hility. In any other
section Of the country For the Tygarts
Valley furnished soldiers To the armies
Of the Blue and 10 the armies of the
Gray. It was the flrst land fought over,
and some Of its people viii be the last
&c forget the Civil War
Home of College
Elkins. the county scat Of Randolph
County. is Of more recent origin than
other towns in this section. II Is an
industrial and farming center. II was
founded by the late Senator Stephen b.
Eikins and the late Senator Henry G.
Davis, and takes its name from the
former II is a beautiful city and has
many fine residences. dominated by
Graceland. the castle erected by Sem
ator Davis and now occupied by his
daughter. Mrs. Arthur Lee. Elkins Is
noted for Davis and Elkins College,
made nationally famous by its Scarlet
Hurricane" athletic teams.
From Elkias the route turns TO the
northeast and passes through Parsons.
Thomas. GoFmania. Mount Storm. Bur-
iington. Ronney, Old Fields, Moorefield.
Petersburg, Upper Tract, Franklin and
o. 70 the Virginia line.
In Tucker County. Of which Parsons
Is the county scat. lis the Canaan VAL
Ter. made famous by David Hunter
Etrpther's The Clerk of Oxenford" and
"A Visit 10 the Virginia Canaan The
Land Of Canaan" is drained by the
Blsrkwater River and LIS a great bowl Of
more bGI1l 5U.bW0 acres III Inc very leaGI
Of the mountains. trimmed by ridges
$500 feet high, and has an elevation Of
q 900 feet above the sea.
At Romney. en- important peach and
apple center. Is the State School for the
Deaf and Blind Further along, up the
South Branch River toward Franklin,
IL the famous Smoke Hole" This is
merely small bowl Of rich farming
land nenmed In By nign mountain
ranges Smoke from the dwellings in
tire bowl rises over the ridges as II COM
Ing from great hole In the ground,
hence the name. Smoke Hole"