Popular resorts, and how to reach them . ckawanna and Bloomsburg. In addition is thePennsylvania Coal Companys Gravity Railroad, of which a fuller de-scription will be given. A half-hours drive into the suburbs along a romantic and pictur-esque road leads to a deep canon, which the writer has christenedScranton Gorge, through which rushes a wild, turbulent stream,hemmed in by towering trees, and bounded by ramparts of stone, popularlyknown as Roaring Brook. As its name suggests, and from the descrip-tion already given, the reader will see that this is one of those romanticdells always pleasing
Popular resorts, and how to reach them . ckawanna and Bloomsburg. In addition is thePennsylvania Coal Companys Gravity Railroad, of which a fuller de-scription will be given. A half-hours drive into the suburbs along a romantic and pictur-esque road leads to a deep canon, which the writer has christenedScranton Gorge, through which rushes a wild, turbulent stream,hemmed in by towering trees, and bounded by ramparts of stone, popularlyknown as Roaring Brook. As its name suggests, and from the descrip-tion already given, the reader will see that this is one of those romanticdells always pleasing to the lover of Nature in her wildest moods. Thestream, which is of the purest water, comes frolicking down the moim-tain side, now leaping some slight obstruction or miniature cascade;now, overhung by rock or vine, it moves lazily along, till at last thebrink is reached, and, with a startled leap, down it springs, a beautifulcascade, into the shadowy depths of Scranton Gorge. To this an Indianname is given : they call it Nayaug Kngraamil ex/ireimlu/or Itachelilers Fopultir Resorts, and Huw to Reach J hem. NAYAUG FALLS, SCRANTON Scranton, Penn. 166 POPUX,AK KESORTS, AND HOW TO REACH THEM. But Scrantons great attraction is the Switchback, over MoosicMountain and the Highlands beyond, via the Pennsylvania Coal Com-panys road, from Scranton to Hawley on the Delaware, thirty-five milesdistant. This is the longest gravity road in the world. As a pleasureroute it is comparatively new, and is so entirely unlike ordinary j)leasureroutes that it is sure to become one of the attractions of this its description, the reader should have a brief history of thisremarkable road, which, although in character not of unusual construc-tion in the mining regions, is elsewhere of very uncommon occurrence.
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