Popular resorts, and how to reach them . nterest to this value are rare indeed. We have left the Schuylkill, and our description has taken us to theSusquehanna and Lehigh. Let us now return to our old north from Reading, the low^ land begins gradually to strugglewith the mountains, the latter getting the final victory, giving anadvantage in favor of the picturesque. Penetrating the recesses of thehighlands, the road emerges at Port Clinton (seventy-eight miles fromPhiladelphia), the junction of the Schuylkill and Little Schuylkill Rivers. 220 POPULAR RESORTS, AND HOW TO REACH
Popular resorts, and how to reach them . nterest to this value are rare indeed. We have left the Schuylkill, and our description has taken us to theSusquehanna and Lehigh. Let us now return to our old north from Reading, the low^ land begins gradually to strugglewith the mountains, the latter getting the final victory, giving anadvantage in favor of the picturesque. Penetrating the recesses of thehighlands, the road emerges at Port Clinton (seventy-eight miles fromPhiladelphia), the junction of the Schuylkill and Little Schuylkill Rivers. 220 POPULAR RESORTS, AND HOW TO REACH THEM. The streams rise not far apart in the coal hills to the north, and, describ-ing two great curves, meet again at this point. The station here is ofbrown stone with turreted roof, and has an exceedingly tasty and antiqueappearance. Fifteen miles to the northward the main line of this com-pany ends at Pottsville, to reach which, however, we follow the twistingsand bindings of the river in its tortuous course among the hills, passing. MOUNT uARBONi the station at Auburn. Schuylkill Haven andMount Carbon are also centres of considerableimportance, from which lead branches rightand left to the coal regions beyond.^^^ Our next point of interest is Pottsville (ninety three miles from Philadelphia), with a population of about sixteenthousand. This is the second terminus in the history of this road, andis the centre around which revolves the immense trade of SchuylkillCounty. Passenger trains leave several times daily in all directions. POPULAU JtKSOKTS, AND HOW TO I4KACU THEM. 221 Pottsville, where the hotel accommodations are good, we would adviseas a headquarters for those who wish to spend several days in thecoal regions. The Mansion House at iSIount Carbon, one mile short ofPottsville, can be heartily recommended as a first-class establishment inevery particular. Its situation at the foot of Sharp Mountain, its pic-
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