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HARDWOOD RECORD 



ONE OF THE \\"< " 'PS CAMPS. 



HOME OF GENERAL MANAGER. 



Seventy miles apart in North Carolina they 

 inclose many other extensive ranges. In 

 i ■' ot sjia t bej approach \\ it hin i birtj miles 

 of each other, anil in lower Virginia they 

 eoa lesce. 



The Blue Ridge is a sinuous divide 

 which separates the waters of the Atlantic 

 and the Mississippi. Less regular in chai 

 acter is the southern pari of the chain upon 

 which are situated a few individual peaks 

 of commanding height. Chief of these are 

 Grandfal her Mountain, 5,96 I feel ; Pinnacle, 



1 13 feet, and Standing In. linn. 5,562 feet. 



other points exi eed 5, feel in 



Jit. 



Roughly parallel t" the Blue Ridge and 

 bordering the great valley of Tennessee and 

 Virginia, lie a series of high mountains 



which have many features in comi 



These begin al the southwest with the 

 Unaka mountains and are continued in the 

 Great Smoky, the Bald, the [Jnaka and the 

 Inm mountains. In the Greal Smoky moun 

 tains several points are a few feet less in 

 altitude than Mount Mitchell- Mount 

 Guyot, 6,636 feet .-11111 Clingman's Dome, 

 6,619 feet. From this maximum in the 

 Smokies the Unakas have progressively 

 lower summits in all directions. In all 125 

 e summits rise abo I eel and 



ten exceed 6, feet. The body of high 



land in the Smoky mountains is the greatest 

 in the Appalachians. 

 The greater portion of this cut in' region 



1- a territory richly w led with a great 



variety ■ >(' trees from a mature to a hyper- 

 mature age. Although the character of this 

 growth has been known to timber experts 

 for many years, it 1ms been reserved from 

 universal timber cutting bj reason of the 

 rugged topography rendering lumber opera 

 thins very expensive, and the involved and 

 defective titles. The region hns become so 

 valuable during the last few years that 

 t ith-s are fasl I eing adjudii ated. 



WI1ITK PINE. 



W IHTL HOLLY. 



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