Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1929-09-19
"TRAVELTORIAL"

More than year ago w. A. Ireland of the Colu
Dispatch and several of his crons made motor trip over
What they G the @ @ Of West %rgns s and the
highway northern tier OF the Blue dges AT
So impressed with thus portrayed that he
tie first time he felt he could three days
least After several dlsap
pontmens I'VE" finally made the ripple and several weeks ago
system since and rid of hence
the for this efuson. Il
The journey Marietta is SO familiar that we will not dwell
it. From Marietta route No 81 to Parkersburg
soene on there non PARTICULARLY Attractive about the trip from
Parkebug Charleston and for bends and turns in the road
leaving Charleston soon we were on u S No 60 midland Tra
of Kanawa is left climbing Gauey begins
Gaue bridge that the Guley river and the New join
the Big Kanawh The difference the color these
very skng-he of clayish color, while
the Gauley of blush black sulphur Someone has well de-
scrbed the the mngng of the waters of the
rivers resembling curded tomato Up Gauey mountain
1900 top Gauy the scenery superb
There place called Hawks Nest which gigantic project
parked charge of SOC asked the from
be obtained places The truly wonderful
mist hanging in about the VALLEY and only here and there
sound of the murmurng water rushed along falls
itted to US hrouob From now on for quite dis
tanee climbing and descending mountains all through
which it is stated has an elevation Of 5000 feet
Sulphur Springs the only place that
termed first class accommodations Lewis
re- I y Rar hai seoo IT IS psg S how few ve
No so this far Many places listed the
fact however that road No. 60 leads through called
night Charleston W. Va which place be without
speeding good half day. stop for the second night at
stop briefly Genber hotel White Sulphur Springs,
grounds about this nationally famous described
words painted by the ordinary artist and the hotel said
place lies of doors So
Od O tho there one s no m 6 Darng m the e b
and lofty greeting for all who entered the what
make or model of car they driving.
Continuing on over Lexington,
This place 5 listed % as Il Fl ae1 ae0ut M nd
Lee university the chapel of which buried General
ert splendid accommodations this place and
highway o. CO., through the place In fact the
place very much Lee there being Lee relics in the
and about the G e0fge AnGe aaso great % gene
Natural Bridge which well worth trip
as places inte-Sapeter
However there nothing outstanding about them least
Next place visited staunton Va, which was
Wilson and it the of the sauntOn Military academy The
ground this vicinity productive Fine fields Of
pies which being harvested Here impressed
similar pateern to those
staunton we went to Charlottesville passing through more
fertile productive and well kept country Between
Charlottesville the road winds along the mountain
scenery places the entire trip Char
ottesve attractive place somewhat larger than
latter having population of about 1000
University Of Virginia. number of its buildings being planned
Our Charlottesville (the word
means Little Mouf tan the home of Thomas Jefferson
richly rewarded This place
ct the surrounding country for considered the
attractive the from DESIGNS
made by Jefferson himself who architect and it has an at
racuVenes about It, which equaed Vernon or
the Lee Tsnslon at Arlington Jefferson first occupied
home in 1870 and it remained his home years His remains
rest in the family burial plot the grave is marked
y plain marble shaft In the 1926 patriotic admirers of e
erson purchased TIE estate with It's mansion presented
me nation paying S5O00O0 fo1 It. There historical
erst about Monticello and Jefferson touched po
here this time. $4,000 "F0
Our time being so limited snob n1acas se ,,oLt. ~,
nond petersburg Appomatox Manassas other places of
historical interest which could be reached within hours drive
had to be passed up 1000 >
Back from Charlottesville reraced Staunton distance
OF about 40 miles and the only
for distance From Staunton u S. route No II I'm
the Shenandoah valley Winchester Enroute the caverns m
the Shenandoah which extensively advertised
while we had hopes built
truly wonderful and even exceeded highest
From Winchester, Va, where night number
took straight for home u S. No
this interesting for the
does with that OF u S. No 60 from Charleston
Va Lexington Va This road No so leads Grafton and