. Book of the Royal blue . delightfultemperature of the mountain top, with theexcellent spring water supplied by the fam-ous boiling springs at Deer Park, which hasa national reputation, has made the resortpopular for the three summer months dur-ing which it is open—from the middle ofJune to the middle of September. Mountain Lake Park, Md., is the summerhome of the Mountain Chautauqua, andevery summer the scene of unwonted summer chautauqua is the prominentfeature at the park, and an excellent programis furnished every year. Oakland, Md., at the extreme westernedge of the Glades,
. Book of the Royal blue . delightfultemperature of the mountain top, with theexcellent spring water supplied by the fam-ous boiling springs at Deer Park, which hasa national reputation, has made the resortpopular for the three summer months dur-ing which it is open—from the middle ofJune to the middle of September. Mountain Lake Park, Md., is the summerhome of the Mountain Chautauqua, andevery summer the scene of unwonted summer chautauqua is the prominentfeature at the park, and an excellent programis furnished every year. Oakland, Md., at the extreme westernedge of the Glades, is a popular summerresort for private cottagers. Excellent hotelsand boarding-houses accommodate the hun-dreds of transient guests every year. Leaving Oakland, the railroad passesdown the western slope of the Alleghaniesto Grafton, through the famous Cheat RiverValley. The scenery is impressive andgrand; here is one of the choicest views ofpicturesque America. 10 REASONS WHY—GEOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THE B. & 0. R. From Grafton the main line to Cincinnatiextends westward to Clarksburg through theoil and gas regions of West Virginia toParkersburg. At Clarksburg the Monongahela divisionextends northward through the bituminouscoal regions to f airmont; and the WestVirginia and Pittsburg division extendssouthward to Weston, Sutton, Buckhannon,Camden-on-Gauley and Pickens, in WestVirginia. Between Clarksburg and Parkersburg arenumerous oil wells and coal fields. At Parkersburg the Ohio River is crossed,and the Baltimore & Ohio SouthwesternRailroad continues the line through Athensand Chillicothe to Cincinnati, directly acrossthe southern portion of Ohio. From Cincinnati the line continues acrossIndiana to North Vernon (where it branchesto Louisville, Ky.), thence proceeds straightto St. Louis, through Vincennes, Ind., andFlora, 111. (where another division crossesthe main line transversely, extending toSpringfield and Beardstown, 111., on the north,and southward to Shawneetown,
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