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Nantahala Area, North Carolina and Tennessee. 



Lands in North Carolina in Swain County west of Little Tennessee River; lands In 

 Macon County on the Nantahala Mountains and the watershed of the Nantahala River; 

 lands in Clay County on Valley River Mountains, Tusquitee Mountain, Vineyard Moun- 

 tain, and Chunky Girl Mountain; lands in Cherokee County on Valley River Mountains, 

 Snowbird Mountains, and Unaka Mountains; lands in Graham County south of the Little 

 Tennessee River; lands in Tennessee in Monroe County south and east of Salt Spring 

 Mountain, Sassafras Mountain, and on the watershed of Tellico River above the mouth 

 of Wild Cat Creek. 



Savannah Area, Georgia and South Carolina. 



Lands situated in Rabun and Habersham Counties, Ga., and in Oconee County, S. C, 

 on the watershed of the Chattooga River above Ramsey Ferry; in Oconee County, S. C, 

 on the watershed of the Chauga River; in Rabun County, Ga., on the watershed of the 

 Tallulah River, south of Plumorchard Creek; in Habersham and White Counties, Ga., on 

 the watersheds of Soque and Chattahoochee Rivers north of Pinnacle Mountain, Grimes 

 Nose, and Yellow Mountain. 



THE CRAWFORD NOTCH 



OUR frontispiece this month is a picture of the Crawford, or White Moun- 

 tain, Notch in New Hampshire, looking south from Mt. Willard. The 

 New Hampshire legislature has just authorized the purchase of the 

 Notch, including about twelve thousand acres, for a state forest reserve. This 

 deep valley, with its rugged and precipitous mountain walls and the tumult- 

 uous Saco plunging down its floor is one of the grand spectacles of the White 

 Mountain country, and is the main pass into the heart of the mountains. It 

 was discovered by Timothy Nash, a hunter, in 1771, and soon afterwards a 

 road was built through it and it became the main highway between the 

 northern and southern settlements of New Hampshire. The road runs along 

 the tree covered floor of the valley and is much traveled by carriages and 

 automobiles in summer. The railway runs along the western mountain side 

 several hundred feet above the valley and from it the best views of the Notch 

 are obtainable. The Notch proper extends from the Gate, a picturesque break 

 in the rock wall, on the north near the Crawford House, for about three 

 miles, dropping over six hundred feet in that distance. Then southward the 

 valley gradually widens until it finally spreads out in the Conway intervales. 

 The forest which covers the valley floor and the mountain side of the Notch 

 is not of the highest value commercially, but is of great scenic value to the 

 Notch. It was about to be cut off when measures were taken to have the Notch 

 purchased by the state. Hitherto it has not been a tempting ground for lum- 

 bermen because of the difficulty of lumbering on its steep mountain sides. 



