The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-03-28
Industries Report Progress


lands Following the crests OF
ranges. no towns of any size ana
no cities are encountered. But all
along the route from the Virginia
line, with the single exception OF
a short stretch when the Balsam
range is encountered, there are
mountain inns, small tourist set
Elements, famed resorts, within
few minutes drive. Here all the
needs of the travelling public can
be served by people skilled and
prepared for such necessary ser
vice. Splendid hard surfaced high
ways thread the region forming
lateral arteries of travel for the
convenience of the public. These
same fine highways form a val
liable connection with the states
network of roads, making it easy
to reach from this parkway any
of the noted tourist resorts in the
entire region.
This facility already provided
will enable the visitors travelling
between these two great parks to
easily make side trips to those
scenic or historic detectives that
may be desired to make his vaca-
ton thorough. Among these spots
that loom largest in tourist atten-
ton are Lake James, Lake Lure
and Chimney Rock, Lake Tahoma,
the Royal Gorge, Biltmore House
and Gardens, Looking Glass
Mountain and Falls, the French
Broad river drive, Elk Mountain
Scenic highway, Cashiers Valley
and Whiteside Mountain, Lake
Sapphire and the Sapphire coun-
try.
VARIED RECREATIoNAL
FEATURES
At these resorts are to be found
the usual entertainment features,
some of the golf courses being
among the sportiest in the nation.
Provision will be found for tennis,
archery, dancing, horseback rid
ing, swimming. and boating. There
are 5000 miles of splendid trout
streams in Western North Caro-
lima and some of the best of them,
and more than one-third of them,
have their head along the slopes
of this crest parkway.
Guides for hunting are to be
found in all of these resorts, and
deer, bear, squirrel and wild tur-
key are to be found all along the
route. Two national game pre-
serves are penetrated by the park
way, on Mount Mitchell and
Mount Pisgah, and wild deer are
so plentiful they will provide an
added thrill for many motorists.
One of the features of the sum-
mer vacation life in Western
North Carolina are the religious
assemblies which, combined, at
tract annually a total of $4,000
Six of these assem-
blies are located within half an
hours drive over lateral roads
which connect with this parkway.
There are Montreal, w. M: C. A.
and Ridgecrest, near Black Noun
tain; Columbia Bible school near
Asheville; Kanuga Lake assembly
and Bonclarken near Henderson
vile; Lake Junaluska assembly |
near WayneSVille.
This route also ends, at the
Cherokee Indian reservation, in
fact could we'll follow on through |
that reservation to the headquar-
tiers at Cherokee. The reservation
is surrounded on three sides by
the Great Smoky Mountains Ma
tional park. These Indians lead an
agricultural life but their cabins,
their council house, the baskets,
pottery, bows and arrows they |
make, their dances and their
games have changed but little |
from what it was when the white
man first came into their noun
tain fastness. These people form
a picturesque and interesting fea-.
ture for visitors to the Smoky
park.