Ghost of the glacier and other tales . will be mailed on application accompanied by 2-cent stamp. MOUNT POCONO, PENNSYLVANIA. Situated at an altitude of nearly 1,900 feet on the PoconoMountains, which cross the northeastern counties of Penn-sylvania, and which belong to the same chain as the Catskills,in New York, and the Black Mountains of North Carolina,this region has been aptly called the Switzerland ofAmerica. From Mount Pocono a superb panoramic view is spreadto the eye. Back over innumerable hills roll great brokenbillows of pine forest, a virgin woodland unbroken save byan occasional f
Ghost of the glacier and other tales . will be mailed on application accompanied by 2-cent stamp. MOUNT POCONO, PENNSYLVANIA. Situated at an altitude of nearly 1,900 feet on the PoconoMountains, which cross the northeastern counties of Penn-sylvania, and which belong to the same chain as the Catskills,in New York, and the Black Mountains of North Carolina,this region has been aptly called the Switzerland ofAmerica. From Mount Pocono a superb panoramic view is spreadto the eye. Back over innumerable hills roll great brokenbillows of pine forest, a virgin woodland unbroken save byan occasional farm clearing. To the right and left bold spursproject their steep and rugged fronts. Pocono Knob, thenoblest, thrusts forward its rock-bound summit like somehuge turret or the prow of a mighty battleship. Lyingbetween the spurs, and seaming them in every direction,deep ravines and sheer gorges form mystic depths, throughwhose dim recesses rush and leap the spring-fed mountaintorrents. The long, straight line of the Blue Ridge, stand-. Copyriglit, 1900, Detroit Photographic Co. ing out against the sky like a rampart, bounds the distanthorizon, except where the break of the Delaware Water Gapgives a glimpse through it of the distant hills of New Jersey. LACKAWANNA ]^ESORTS, The atmosphere is remarkably dry, far more so than atequal altitudes along the main Allegheny range. It is softand mild, and has in it the healthful balm and exhilaratingcordial of the breath of the primeval forests. The thermometer registers on an average from ten to WISCASSET POOL,POCONO MOUNTAINS
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