. Virginia in black and white . from Cincinnati, there are one hundred andsixty miles up the valley of the Ohio, with the beautiful river almost con-stantly in sight. On either shore many thriving towns and busy cities lieundfer the green hills that slope gradually away. We ride through the fertilepastures of Kentucky and look over to the clattering towns of Ohio. Thencomes Huntington, in West Virginia. Next we are in the Kanawha Valley,and the country grows hilly. Charleston, the capital of West Virginia, lieson the opposite bank of the Kanawha. The road follows the river toKanawha Falls, one
. Virginia in black and white . from Cincinnati, there are one hundred andsixty miles up the valley of the Ohio, with the beautiful river almost con-stantly in sight. On either shore many thriving towns and busy cities lieundfer the green hills that slope gradually away. We ride through the fertilepastures of Kentucky and look over to the clattering towns of Ohio. Thencomes Huntington, in West Virginia. Next we are in the Kanawha Valley,and the country grows hilly. Charleston, the capital of West Virginia, lieson the opposite bank of the Kanawha. The road follows the river toKanawha Falls, one of the most picturesque bits of scenery on the hills come down abruptly almost to the river, which, spreading outover the rocks, falls sheer thirty feet. The scenery grows more and more rugged and abrupt until the road enters the wonderful canon at the bottom of which rushes and roars the New River. Sometimes the train seems to be suspended over the river, while the bare face of the rock ^i^ rises perpendicularly from. »<«, CROSSING THE ALLeGHANIES, C. <3< O. Ry i,2oo to 1,500 feet. One of the most famous points in this section of the road isthe Hawks Nest, which Chief-Justice Marshall measured and found to be1,200 feet above the river. Enormous boulders washed from the mountainand rounded by the force of the water amaze the tourist. A beautiful cataractis the falls of New River. Leaving this region, where Natures wildestmood finds expression, we emerge upon totally different mountain scenery— the beautiful reaches of the purling Greenbrier. The mountains aremore majestic and stretch away at great distance, with beautiful vistas end-ing only where the clouds seem to come down into the valleys. Such is thescenery about White Sulphur Springs, the Hot and the Warm Springs, andthe other famous watering-places of the region. The road continues itsascent of the mountains until Alleghany Station is reached. The tunnelhere is a mile long, and is a wonderful piece
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