North Carolina education . through flowery woods, and crosses the entirerange which bounds Asheville on the east, passing alongthe ridge by Overlook Park; Zealandia, the castle-like residence of millionaire Phillip S. Henry; BeaumontLodge; the log cabin of Dr. S. Westray Battle, U. S. N., and the site of Kenilworth. * * * Bingham Heights, a picturesque situation on thebluffs of the French Broad, west of Asheville, is the siteof Bingham School, the celebrated military academy,which has been in charge of the Binghams, father andsons, for generations. Five miles west is Ashevilleschool, a prepara
North Carolina education . through flowery woods, and crosses the entirerange which bounds Asheville on the east, passing alongthe ridge by Overlook Park; Zealandia, the castle-like residence of millionaire Phillip S. Henry; BeaumontLodge; the log cabin of Dr. S. Westray Battle, U. S. N., and the site of Kenilworth. * * * Bingham Heights, a picturesque situation on thebluffs of the French Broad, west of Asheville, is the siteof Bingham School, the celebrated military academy,which has been in charge of the Binghams, father andsons, for generations. Five miles west is Ashevilleschool, a preparatory institution for wealthy boys, under Messrs. Anderson and Mitchell, principals. It has threelarge brick buildings in the English style, set in a beau-tiful property of 500 acres, on a commanding sulphur springs, formerly the site of ihe SulphurSprings Hotel, lie at the foot of the ascent to the Hill, the residence of Mrs. A. C. Bartlett, ofChicago, and Drymans Heights, a peak noted for the. RATTLESNAKE LODGE—RAFTERS PAPEKEU WITH SNAKE SKINS. complete cyclorama in view from its summit, are otherbeautiful drives on the west side of the French Broad, asis Richmond Hill, the home of Richmond Pearson, form-er United States Minister to Greece.* * * Gouches Peak and Elk Mountain, north of Asheville,and Busbee, on the south, are commanding peaks withgood carriage drives to the top. Beaverdam valley, andthe Fairview road, afford delightful views of mountainscenery. Mountain Meadow Inn, the Switzerland of America,seven miles from Asheville, perched high on the steepslope of one of the spurs of the Craggy range, is reachedby a glorious drive with magnificent, lofty, distant moun-tain vistas all the way.
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