. Book of the Royal blue . rt at reasonable rates; besides these,board can be obtained at many of the farmhouses in the vicinity, and a few weeks ora season is a health investment from whichdividends are large. HARPERS FERRY, W. VA. At the confluence of the Potomac andShenandoah rivers, nestled on the rockypromontory which marks the extremeeastern point of West Virginia, lies HarpersFerry, on the main line of the Baltimore &Ohio Railroad. It is built upon a hillknown as Bolivar Heights, and is over-shadowed by the mountains known as Lou-don Heights, across the ShenandoahRiver, in Virginia, and
. Book of the Royal blue . rt at reasonable rates; besides these,board can be obtained at many of the farmhouses in the vicinity, and a few weeks ora season is a health investment from whichdividends are large. HARPERS FERRY, W. VA. At the confluence of the Potomac andShenandoah rivers, nestled on the rockypromontory which marks the extremeeastern point of West Virginia, lies HarpersFerry, on the main line of the Baltimore &Ohio Railroad. It is built upon a hillknown as Bolivar Heights, and is over-shadowed by the mountains known as Lou-don Heights, across the ShenandoahRiver, in Virginia, and by MarylandHeights, across the Potomac, in historic town, unsurpassed in beautyand historic connections, is becoming moreand more of a summer resort. Several well-equipped hotels and cottages are built in loca-tions to command the finest scenery of therivers and mountains, with prices withinreach of all. Each summer has added to itspopularity, and while not possessing any of 14 ALLEGHANY MOUNTAIN RESORTS. HARPER S PERRY, W. VA. the springs or other attractions which makeup the average mountain retreat, it has apecuHar interest entirely its own, and anunparalleled variety of scenery which bids fairto its becoming a resort of great prominencein the near future. Of the famous John Browns raid thereremains nothing but the monument wherehis improvised fort stood, and the founda-tion stones of the United States Government has marked with irontablets the history of the Civil War. Theold houses and churches still remain as indays gone by. Jeffersons Rock still com-mands that famous view of the Shenandoahmade historic by Thomas Jefferson, whilstfarther up the Shenandoah River, on theVirginia side, John Browns fort stands byitself in a lonely field, where it was rebuilton its return from the Chicago WorldsFair. Harpers Ferry is at the head ofthe beautiful Shenandoah Valley, and theValley branch of the Baltimore & OhioRailroad leads therefrom to all the famousre
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