The Land of the sky, and beyond . iron observation towers, sev-enty feet high, at pronnnent points;on each field, atTorda wide range ofvision. The grounds area Park onl)- in thesense of l)eing re-?stored to- their con-dition at the timeof the battle. Nowork has l)een donefor purely decora-tive purposes. Theold lines of works,and old housesa n d stone wallswhich were land-;marks in the battlesand which weredestroyed, have been simply restored. Chattanooga will of necessity remain theheadquarters for the tide of visitors whichfrom this time forward must be a continuingand increasing current. On
The Land of the sky, and beyond . iron observation towers, sev-enty feet high, at pronnnent points;on each field, atTorda wide range ofvision. The grounds area Park onl)- in thesense of l)eing re-?stored to- their con-dition at the timeof the battle. Nowork has l)een donefor purely decora-tive purposes. Theold lines of works,and old housesa n d stone wallswhich were land-;marks in the battlesand which weredestroyed, have been simply restored. Chattanooga will of necessity remain theheadquarters for the tide of visitors whichfrom this time forward must be a continuingand increasing current. On the noble plateau which crowns thesummit of Lookout Mountain, and facing theeast, stands the beautiful Inn. Architect-urally a gem, whose graceful lines and at-tractive facj-ade mark it as a masterpiece of itsdesigner, the Inn possesses within its wallsall the elegancies and comforts of the finesthotels in America It has a frontage of threehundred and sixty five feet, and along theentire length run wiile and eoinfort:il)Ie ver-. [• T^^<nt^-three Stat of health and strength. The great entrance-hall, with Its artistic oak ceiling, beautifulquartered oak staircase, and broad and invit-ing fireplaces, lends in its entiretythe effect of the luxurious interior ofa modern nineteenth-cenlury man-sion of the rich. Into this beautifulliall open the parlors, reception andwaiting roimis, all tastefully finishedand decorated in quiet butexquisitetaste. From theliroad w i n d o w sopening to the floorin all these rf)oms,as in fact from allt h e rooms in thehouse, may be hadviews which can-not be surpassedanywhere on anycontinent. TheInn is own e d bya company ofwealthy Northerngentle m en, ofwhich Mr. John )in. of New-l)ort, is the Pres- and is presided over by Mr. M. S. (ribson, of the famous Ottawa House on Cush-ings Island, Casco Bay, Maine — an idealhost, a stimptuous provider, and a man whosereputation is so wide that not to know him isto argue ones self unknown. The dinin
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