. Book of the Royal blue . Book of the Royal Blue. Irmisiiiai Munthlv hv thePassfnger Deparimknt of uiK & Ohio Railroad. Vol. III. BALTIMORE, MAY, 1900. No. 8. THE ALLEGHENIES FROM A GEOLOGICAL POINT OF VIEW. WHEN our early civilization the barrier of the Alle-gheny Mountains and thousands ofmen, women and children traveled overlandto the headwaters of the Ohio, there toresume their journey by boat, one of theroutes was by the way of Fort Cumberland,now Cumberland, Maryland, thence to 1 Ireat seemed the most available route. It tookadvantage of the valleys of the Po
. Book of the Royal blue . Book of the Royal Blue. Irmisiiiai Munthlv hv thePassfnger Deparimknt of uiK & Ohio Railroad. Vol. III. BALTIMORE, MAY, 1900. No. 8. THE ALLEGHENIES FROM A GEOLOGICAL POINT OF VIEW. WHEN our early civilization the barrier of the Alle-gheny Mountains and thousands ofmen, women and children traveled overlandto the headwaters of the Ohio, there toresume their journey by boat, one of theroutes was by the way of Fort Cumberland,now Cumberland, Maryland, thence to 1 Ireat seemed the most available route. It tookadvantage of the valleys of the Potomacand Yough, as that river is commonlycalled, but even then the undertaking ofcrossing the mountains seemed the journey from Washington toPittsburg is accomplished in nine route is one abounding in interest and. IlJIM Ul Iii>Ck.^, , ToWAliDS HAUrKK N KKKK\ Meadows, near the present site of DeerPark, northward to the Youghiogheny andfollowing down that stream and the Monon-gahela to where Fort I>u(iuesne stood. Thiswas the route of Washington and Praddockin 17*)!). To the emigrant it was full ofdifficulties and a trackless wilderness layupon either hand. When the pioneer rail-way sought a gateway to the west this to the observant traveler is full of instruc-tion. The scenery is varied and pictur-esque and one may have the opjiortunity ofseeing the whole (lanorama pass before hisgaze in a short days journey. To one whohas crossed and recrossed the mountainregion the route falls very naturally intoseveral distinct divisions, each characterizedby a certain type of landsca[)e. The eastern 2 THE ALLEGHENIES FROM A GEOLOGICAL POLXT OF VIEW. of the three divisions or regions is the age of the land is imperfect. The tidal Coastal Plain on which Washington is situ- estuaries an
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