. Forty beaches, highland and water resorts . pure mountain air of thislocality, are natural ton-ics and act as restorersof health and energy. Almost every form ofout-of-door exercise maybe indulged in. A swim-ming pool and golf linkshave recently been addedto the attractions at thisresort. Butthebeautifulwalks and picturesquerambles are among themost seductiveof the attrac- *\J^ltions, and offer QH£fj|£srare opportun-ities for enjoyable walk-ing and horseback summer temperature averages from seventy to seventy-fivedegrees. EBENSBURG, PA. Almost on the highest summits of the Alleghe
. Forty beaches, highland and water resorts . pure mountain air of thislocality, are natural ton-ics and act as restorersof health and energy. Almost every form ofout-of-door exercise maybe indulged in. A swim-ming pool and golf linkshave recently been addedto the attractions at thisresort. Butthebeautifulwalks and picturesquerambles are among themost seductiveof the attrac- *\J^ltions, and offer QH£fj|£srare opportun-ities for enjoyable walk-ing and horseback summer temperature averages from seventy to seventy-fivedegrees. EBENSBURG, PA. Almost on the highest summits of the Allegheny range, atan altitude of twenty-one hundred feet above sea level, is thequaint old town of Ebensburg which for many years has beenthe summer home of many who desired to seek the exhilarationthat the higher elevations give, particularly during the monthswhen the temperature in the cities is far from comfortable. While the characteristics of the city are largely those of thethrifty Welsh people who early in the history of the State of >. Pennsylvania settled on this high plateau, modem thrift andindustry has stimulated the growth of Ebensburg from a merecountry village to a well maintained city of about two thousandpopulation, with paved streets and fine business places andhomes. Yet Ebensburg, despite its commercial character, is a mostcharming and most healthful place and offers much to attractthe visitor. Fine driving and motor car roads lead in all direc-tions through the mountains and valleys. MT. GRETNA, PA. Located high on a spur of the South Mountain range of the Blue Ridge, Mt. Gretnaoffers over five thousandacres of open park, com-prising a large fresh-water lake, picturesquevalley land and woodedhills, with GovernorDick, the highest pointin the park, whose sum-mit is one thousand onehundred and fifty-fourfeet above sea level, com-manding a view of twothousand square miles,presents a wonderful pic-ture of primi-BLUE ^^ ^^^ culti-RIDGE ^^ted scenicbeauty. Manycome
Size: 2484px × 1006px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, booksubjectsummerr, bookyear1915
