HARDWOOD RECORD 



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(II i,i-Mi'.i:i: rdMr.wv at r.ri..\i>i:KN. i-.\kti;i! cor.NTY, tennkssee. 



l'i('tures<mc beauty of th.; land will be full}' 

 appi-pciatcd by the readers of the Hard- 

 wood Record. Kvery foot of tlu- way it is 

 \'ii'y;iii timber, uiis]t(iil('il by scjuattei'S, lire 

 ''scalds" or (ieiiredat ioii. It is doubtful if 

 there ever cxisti'd a timber area in the 

 Tlnitcd States of a higher type or of more 

 intrinsic worth than Kagle Creek and Bone 

 \'alley. I ^;it nn my horse on one sIo)h' 

 in Kagle Creek and within the range of 

 vision counted more than lifty majestic 

 |io|dar trees langing from three to six fi'et 

 in (iiauK'ter, the great I oles towering 

 straight up to the sky to such a height tleit 

 the shapes of the leaves eonld not be ilis 

 tingnishe.l by llie naked eye. Tlir. average 

 Ic-nglh (if I ole w.-is TKore than ninety feet. 

 This scene was well nigh duplieated so 

 ni.'iny times on the journey that giant Jiop 

 lais, t)aks and eliestnuts seemed almost nre 

 liniilcil in nnml er. and had I not Ivnnuii 

 ]u>\v fast tiniier .-ireas are actnaih' bidng 

 ('eidd.Ml. I w.Mild aln;..st havi' s;iid Mial 



■CY AT TOMOTLA, fllKlti IKKIO COUXTV, N. C. 



there was timber enough in those two val- 

 leys to stock a big sawmill for a century. 



lliglu'r np along the ridgi-s 1 funnd a 

 inagnilicenl giowlh nf ninunlain n.-ik — the 

 sph'iidiil reil ciak of the lower .\ ppalacliians 

 — chestnut oak and locust, and along other 

 n.ountain sides were beautiful oases of 

 uhiti' pine 111 I ,\ci'llent i-liaractei', while 

 [dwer dnwn in snnie nt' the cii\-cs, intef 

 mingled willi Hie poplar, (dieslnni, while 

 oak and birches, were monster hemlocks. 

 .Altogether these two valleys contained the 

 linist timlier I lia\e e\-er srvn in size, qual- 

 ity and pliysi<-s — and I have traversed a 

 good deal of timber land in my time. 



J retnined to .Asheville witli Mr. Win 

 Chester after having traversed the ('herokee 

 and Swain county properties of the Mont- 

 vale laimber Company ami there liaile good- 

 I ye 111 (ine uf llii' l;esl piisted timbermen 

 and crniscis with whom 1 e\'er hail the 

 pleasure of making a jourm^v. 



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COMI'A.NV AT liKxNO. lleDOWELL COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. 



MAOiiixt: siiops^ S'roitr, ami iioauiiini: iiih'Sic. 



