. Book of the Royal blue . d as tocommand unobstructed views of theri\ers and countrj- for miles the historic interests centered inand about this quaint village that inconnection with the famous JohnBrowns raid is probably the mostrenowned. Ihe site of the old fonis marked only by the marker erectedby the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad,and the old iron tablets placed by the(ioxernment tell of interesting achieve-ments during the (.ivil War. Rock, and the old churches and houses built in the hillsides,are still intact and are the centers of anrac-tion to the newcomers. Farther u
. Book of the Royal blue . d as tocommand unobstructed views of theri\ers and countrj- for miles the historic interests centered inand about this quaint village that inconnection with the famous JohnBrowns raid is probably the mostrenowned. Ihe site of the old fonis marked only by the marker erectedby the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad,and the old iron tablets placed by the(ioxernment tell of interesting achieve-ments during the (.ivil War. Rock, and the old churches and houses built in the hillsides,are still intact and are the centers of anrac-tion to the newcomers. Farther up the Shenandoah River, onthe Virginia side, John Browns Fort standsby itself in a lonely field, where it wasrebuilt on its return from the ChicagoWorlds Fair. The Valley Branch of the Baltimore &Ohio Railroad from HarpersFerry up the beautiful Shenandoah Valley,wherein are located many famous healthand pleasure resorts. It was in this valleythat some of the bloodiest encounters ofthe Civil War took ALLEGHENY MOUNTAIN RESORTS. BEDFORD SPRINGS, PA. Bedford Sprintis, located at Bed-ford, Pa., ten miles from HyndmanStation on the main line of theBaltimore & Ohio Railroad, in theAllegheny Mountains, 1,100 feetabove tide-water, comprise the Mag-nesia Spring, the Sulphur Spring, thePure Spring, and the Iron mountain air is bracing, thenights are delightful, with no mos-quitoes, and malaria is unheard has been patronized as a summerresort for three-quarters of a century,and the attractions of the place arewell known. Celebrated as mineral waters havebecome all over the world for thecure of disease, there have been none tosurpass, and in this country none to equalin virtue, the Bedford Magnesia Spring. The Sulphur Spring rises on the westside of Shovers Creek, about two hundredyards distant from the Magnesia is less copious than the others, and thewater exhales a very strong odor of sul-phureted hydrogen gas. Chemical experi-ments prove that
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