. Picturesque B. and O. Historical and descriptive . having been fiercelycontested time and time again bythe opposing forces. Between Harrisonburg and Staunton, twelve miles from the former place, thestation for Weyers Cave was reached. The cave was fourteen milesdistant by stage, and the new hotel completed last season affords everyfacility for the entertainment of visitors. The cavern is one of strikingextent, and its different chambers present startling fantasies of forma-tion. Staunton, from its commercial importance, is the leading city ofthe Valley. It is a favorite with tourists, situat
. Picturesque B. and O. Historical and descriptive . having been fiercelycontested time and time again bythe opposing forces. Between Harrisonburg and Staunton, twelve miles from the former place, thestation for Weyers Cave was reached. The cave was fourteen milesdistant by stage, and the new hotel completed last season affords everyfacility for the entertainment of visitors. The cavern is one of strikingextent, and its different chambers present startling fantasies of forma-tion. Staunton, from its commercial importance, is the leading city ofthe Valley. It is a favorite with tourists, situated as it is on an elevatedposition al the head of the Shenandoah Valley, with the Blue Ridge onthe east and extending around to the west to a range of the noted educational institutions are located at Staunton, and it isa center of unusual interest. The B. and O. Railroad Company, in ex-tending its line from Staunton to Lexington, will offer the shortest andby all means the most advantageous line to the famous Natural Bridge of. 90 7Ac Sextet. Virginia. Running in ilosc vicinity to this remarkable freak of nature,and bringinji; it within nuu-h easier access than ever before enjoved, itwill no doubt induce largely increased travel. At Lexington is the Virginia Military Institute and tiie NVashingtonLee University, of which General Robert E. Lee was j)resi(lont, and in thechapel basciiiciit uf whiih tlic great military chieftain, his wife and hisdaughter arc Inn iid. TIk- icmains of General Jackson are also entombedat Lexington. This extension of the Baltimore and Ohio now under rapidconstruction will doubtless be pushed on to direct connection with theepctensive railway systems further south. Meantime it will enable visitorstb Valley resorts to reach them more directly. Of these, RockbridgeBaths, Rockbridge Alum Springs and Jordan Alum Springs are thelargest and best known,—the two last named distant from Lexingtonbut eight miles. The Stribling Springs are
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