. Book of the Royal blue . ue Ridge, which is cut through bythe Potomac at Harpers Perry. The BlueRidge extends as a well-defined range fromPennsylvania into Virginia, and although itdescends considerably in altitude near thePotomac, yet Loudon Heights and MarylandHeights afford a magnificent gateway. Themountains have gently rounded slopes andare accessible for summer resorts, and Har-pers Ferry, with its historic associationsand beautiful surroundings is an attractiveplace to the many travelers on this greatthoroughfare. far as the eye can see. With every swervingof the train the panorama of
. Book of the Royal blue . ue Ridge, which is cut through bythe Potomac at Harpers Perry. The BlueRidge extends as a well-defined range fromPennsylvania into Virginia, and although itdescends considerably in altitude near thePotomac, yet Loudon Heights and MarylandHeights afford a magnificent gateway. Themountains have gently rounded slopes andare accessible for summer resorts, and Har-pers Ferry, with its historic associationsand beautiful surroundings is an attractiveplace to the many travelers on this greatthoroughfare. far as the eye can see. With every swervingof the train the panorama of mountains andvalleys changes, while opposite one sees therock-ribbed hills dissected by the streamalong which he travels. Looking acrossthe Potomac the structure of the ridgesis revealed where the stream has cut themthrough. The rocks dip at high angles orrepresent a portion of a regular fold. Inplaces they are faulted and thrown intozig-zag lines. Here and there the foldsand occasional arches look like massivemasonry. ?5. THE SHENANDOAH RIVER AND VALLEY. To the west of the Blue Ridge lies theValley Region. The Shenandoah in Virginiaand Hagerstown Valley in Maryland arewell known for their fertility and region is in reality the eastern portionof the Greater Appalachian Valley whichlies between the Blue Ridge and the Alle-gheny front farther west. Between thesegigantic walls is a complex chain of long,naiTow, very level mountain ridges sepa-rated by long parallel valleys. The crestsare sharp and preserve an extraordinarilyequal elevation extending in even lines as The route of the traveler lies down inthe valley of the Potomac close to the bedof the stream, but the crests of the ridges,which are cut through by the river, areobserved to rise to the same general eleva-tion. A birds-eye view of the countrywould reveal the fact that many of thestreams, in cutting their channels, haveshifted into line with the strike of therocks and on to the more easily erodedareas. As
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