. Ithaca and its resources. Being an historical and descriptive sketch of the "Forest city" and its magnificent scenery ... r strange as it may seem, with all its attractions of rock, glen,waterfall and lake scenery, this beautiful village is but little frequented, compar-atively, by these seekers after pleasure and novelty—and mainly from a lack ofknowledge as to its existence, it probably never having been properly brought totheir notice. Running in a northwesterly direction from Ovvego, this railroad, upon reach-ing the summit of South Hill, first forms a letter iV on the brow of the hill,
. Ithaca and its resources. Being an historical and descriptive sketch of the "Forest city" and its magnificent scenery ... r strange as it may seem, with all its attractions of rock, glen,waterfall and lake scenery, this beautiful village is but little frequented, compar-atively, by these seekers after pleasure and novelty—and mainly from a lack ofknowledge as to its existence, it probably never having been properly brought totheir notice. Running in a northwesterly direction from Ovvego, this railroad, upon reach-ing the summit of South Hill, first forms a letter iV on the brow of the hill, thenrunning around the hillside continues its descent in a southwesterly direction untilit reaches the lowlands about two miles south of Ithaca, where it makes a largecurve and returning through the Valley of the Inlet enters the village. As thecars reach the brow of the hill the traveller catches a birds-eye view of Ithaca andCayuga Lakeframed in by hills covered with a wealth of foliage, and while back-ing down to the second switch he has a fine side view of East Hill and Cornell \TV\KCK fk>\\i \TS \^^SO\ARC^
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