. Summer vacation tours . route of the pioneers to the West, theroad now followed by the Michigan Central andNew York Central & Hudson River railroads, andthe splendid train service of the Michigan Central,with its picturesque scenery and the morning orevening stop at Niagara Falls, makes it the chosenroute of discriminating tourists. THE WHITE MOUNTAINS The rugged granite hills of New Hampshireare the northern culminations of the AppalachianSystem, and cover an area of over a thousandsquare miles. There are higher peaks in theWest than Mount Washing-ton, the king of the WhiteMountains, which
. Summer vacation tours . route of the pioneers to the West, theroad now followed by the Michigan Central andNew York Central & Hudson River railroads, andthe splendid train service of the Michigan Central,with its picturesque scenery and the morning orevening stop at Niagara Falls, makes it the chosenroute of discriminating tourists. THE WHITE MOUNTAINS The rugged granite hills of New Hampshireare the northern culminations of the AppalachianSystem, and cover an area of over a thousandsquare miles. There are higher peaks in theWest than Mount Washing-ton, the king of the WhiteMountains, which rears itsbold and time-scarred heada thousand feet more thana mile above the sea, but itis high enough for all prac-tical purposes, and as ashrewd Yankee once re-marked, There would beno sense in having it anyhigher. The White Moun-tains are divided, topo-graphically, by the famousCrawford Notch, through which runs the MaineCentral Railroad, into two distinct groups, thePresidential Range, lying to the northeast, and. Michigan Central Summer Tours the Franconia Range to the southwest. To thesouth of both lies Lake Winnepesaukee. Thetourist ascending the Mount Washington Rail-way, which is more like a giants stairway thanthe railways that prairie people are accustomedto, will have no difficulty in finding the Waldorf-Astoria of the place, for it is securely chaineddown upon the summit, with a few rocks on topto hold the roof in place. The panorama spreadout below is magnificent beyond description,extending from the Connecticut River to theocean. The hotels and boarding houses in thisregion are of a delightful, homelike character,making little pretense toelegance, but having everycomfort that one may de-sire. Full informationregarding hotels, theiraccommodations, rates, etc.,may be had upon applica-tion to F. E. Boothby, G. T. A., Maine CentralRailroad, Portland, Maine. The stun spike thats druv through Bunker Hill BEAUTIFUL BERKSHIRE The Berkshire Hills of Western Massachu
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