average elevation of these mountains is aboul 5,000 feel above 

 the sea, but there are a number of peaks and knobs which rise 

 considerably higher. Alt. Pegot is the highest point, 6,636 

 above the sea, or more than a mile and a quarter higher than 



the lands lying along the Mississippi River. 



The characteristic features of the mountain region of I 

 Tennessee is that it is made up of parallel ridges separated by 

 valleys of nearly uniform width. These ridges are nol continu- 

 ous, but are broken into ranges of various lengths, each bearing 

 a local name. Thus we have the Unaka, the Great Smoky, the 

 Bald, the Chilhowie, the Frog and other mountains; Mission 

 Ridge and Walden's Ridge. From these mountains extend spurs 

 and ridges, and interlocked between them are many beautiful and 

 fertile valleys in which are splendid farms, prosperous ami busy 

 towns inhabited by a people of pure Anglo-Saxon blood, descend- 

 ed from the pioneers who wrested this fair land from wild na- 

 ture and the savage Indian, and who fought in the battles of the 

 Revolution. 



The famous valley of East Tennessee is the fluted floor of the 

 region lying between the Unaka range and the Cumberland Plat- 

 eau. Its average elevation is about 1,000 feet above sea level. 

 The climate in the valley is as near perfect as can be found mi 

 the American continent. The high altitude, the undulating sur- 

 face, the great number of rivers and creeks, and their rapid 

 flow, the absence of marsh lands, and the exhilirating breezes 

 from the mountains all contribute to make it an immense sani- 

 tarium. 



Knoxville is the commercial, social, educational and geograph- 

 ical center of East Tennessee. It is one of the most beautiful of 

 all the cities of the South, and one of the wealthiest. It lias 

 been the home of many eminent men, and the scene of many 

 stirring events. No city in Tennessee is richer in history. 



Chattanooga is at the extreme southern end of the mountain 

 region of Tennessee. It, too, is rich in history, but of a later 

 period. It first came into prominence during the Civil War as 

 the gateway to the South. Chattanooga is one of the greatest 

 manufacturing centers of the South; its manufactured products 

 are to be found in every land, in every clime and under "every 

 sun." 



Middle Tennessee is the largest, most populous and the richest 

 of the three natural divisions of the State. Its surface is greatly 

 diversified, and exhibits varieties of scenery the most opposite; 

 "mountains with rushing torrents and foaming cataracts, hilly, 

 with swift, smooth gliding streams, level, where the waters linger 

 by the side of green pastures and grassy meadows." Nowhere 

 has nature been more lavish in her gifts; the richest soils, the 



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