1« SOTOHKRN AI.i.ALACHIAN REGION. 



T ^"H-t'- Mounta,,,.,. 



genual chaiucter and relations can be mnv^ « -i T 

 scnbed and better understood afte a brief" i '^'l 

 the Appalachian region as a whole. 



THE APPALACHIAN REGION. 



The map iicconipanvino- thi.s reoort IW ttx u 

 Appalachian Mountain' .sv^tein extendi! ' ^^^^ 

 portion of the continent Vro 1 "/k ^Tm' '^'T 



a distance of 1,000 miles .nd h Alabama, for 



approa,.hin^.l5imLT. Tk^e At^^^^^^ ""^''"""^ ^^'^^'^ 

 -in^le rid,e or chain, ,!;:^ Ion t S:?'"'^'^^^'"' 

 the maximum develonmenf nf Z l i ' "^«"»tain.s, 



t=.i„., starting with the CaUi Lta Net Y f ""1°"'- 



Between the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Alle^henies 

 lies a g-reat mountain vallev, or succession of 



the Grea't Appalachian yit T ! Jo^e r^"'""'"'' 



Vallev of Vi PI rn i"'"^ "l" Shenandoah, or 



Tennessee. (S e P LxV ""/'"'^ 



ley region hai ewatifn aivfti r'- 

 i,roo'feeri;::^h™i vi'ir'"'(™ ,ir;"™ °' 



