Southern Mountaineers, The . seen in the most famous of mountainranges. The mountains like giants sentinel the enchanted land. The flora and the fauna of the northern temperatezone flourish as if in a national exhibit of a zonesriches. Peaks and ranges, cliffs and crags, cascadesand waterfalls, laurel glade and fern brake, lie in agreat silence broken only by the song of many birdsand the shrill stridence of insistent insects. Thecharm of the mountains enthralls more and more thosevisitors that are familiar with them, until at least somesojourners would fain remain within their magicc
Southern Mountaineers, The . seen in the most famous of mountainranges. The mountains like giants sentinel the enchanted land. The flora and the fauna of the northern temperatezone flourish as if in a national exhibit of a zonesriches. Peaks and ranges, cliffs and crags, cascadesand waterfalls, laurel glade and fern brake, lie in agreat silence broken only by the song of many birdsand the shrill stridence of insistent insects. Thecharm of the mountains enthralls more and more thosevisitors that are familiar with them, until at least somesojourners would fain remain within their magiccircle forever. The climate is equable and invigorating, the ozone-laden air being a tonic that to the initiated renders the mountains an ideal health-re- Their Climate .. tj uu • • u j sort. Health is m every breeze and gushes from thousands of purest springs of free-stone and mineral waters. The section is fitted to bea playground and sanitarium for a great nation, andere long will so be recognized. Many diseases yield. THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS 7 to the salubrious influences of the air and water andquiet. The cultivated sections in the great and fertile val-leys produce liberally the usual crops to be found in the central states, the staples beingTheir Products ^^^^ ,^^^ ^heat. The purelyand Resources , . ., , j i- l^ mountain soil, sandy and light, yields more reluctant crops of corn and flourish when cared for. North Carolina ap-ples are famous throughout the South. Hogs and cat-tle are produced in large numbers; and, were it notfor sheep-killing dogs, the section might be the great-est sheep-raising country in the world. The natural resources of the Appalachians are al-most limitless. A kings ransom is in every county,if it were only collected. The water power is almostincalculable. The forests are rich in timber of manyvarieties; and the earth is bursting with coal, iron,copper, zinc, salt, mica, lead, phosphate, and otherminerals. Marble and other bui
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