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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN*.
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Why fret and fume by many cares oppressed.
Within the hot-house of a city's walls?
Fly forth and be by nature’s beauty blessed,
And choose her favorite haunt—
TALLULAH FALLS
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From Babbling Brooks to Thundering Torrents.
A MOUNTAIN stream rising high up on the southern slope of
the Blue Ridge in northeast Georgia tumbles down the moun
tain side and gathering force from n hundred tributary brooks
and rills flows calmly on a broad and noble river between green
banks and past fertile valley farms through miles of wooded
wilderness until at last sweeping out from the shadow of the'
everlasting hills it enters the narrow gateway of the Grand
Chasm—a .thousand feet deeper than Niagara—the brown and
serried heights-of which towering'in majestic grandeur far up
among the clouds stand like grim sentinels silent and serene
above the imprisoned tossing torrent, no longer the babbling
brook, no longer tile peaceful river, but a mountain of moving
maddened water irresistible in force, sublime iti its wild gran
deur, nfwul in its thunder ns it hurls its angry tide through the
walled gorge against the unyielding sides over mighty hidden
boulders, down with sullen thundering roar over the awful suc
cessive steps veiling their profundity in clouds of snowy mist.
On, still on, dashing, leaping, breaking into countless cascades
in its ceaseless struggle through the depths of the fearful
chasm until at last the troubled waters fiud rest in the lower
levels more than a thousand feet below the rugged heights.
Here the grandest, wildest scenery on earth defies the artist’s
brush or poet’s fancy.
I’ve stood upon the ocean’s strand and heard its mad waves roar
In wild triumphant glee against the all-enduring shore;
And yet such grandeur pales before these grander, wilder
mounts,
And ocean’s waves less glorious seem than these eternal founts.
Beautiful Tallulah Falls
“ The Niagara of the South in the Switzerland of America. ”
Summer at Tallulah.
D URING the summer months beginning in'early June, the
cliffs, from their summits down to the water, n disthneo of
500 to 1,000 feet, aro almost tropical in the luxuriance and,
richness of beautiful Bowers. Glowing in sunset splendor,
streaked with all the hues of the rainbow, it is a sight of
peerless grandenr and beauty.
Notes of a Tourist
A MOUNTAINEER, some forty years of age, Stood looking
down into the grand chasm at Tallulah, speechless with
nmazement. lie maintained silence for some moments after
I addressed him, and then said in suppressed tones:
“I reckon you won’t wnnt’er b’liove it, but I was raised in
twenty miles of hore, an’ all my life I been bearin’ tell of this
place, an’ this is the first time I ever enmo up! I thought the
falls was jes’ some water tumblin’ over the rocks—but—geo*
minyt I didn’t have no idea er whole river was failin’ off a
mount’n an’ outor sight with a noise like forty thousan’ freight
trains!” It was hard to believe, sure onough, but I am satis
fied he sj>oke the truth. Not ono per cent, of the people of Geor
gia hi.» ever seen Tallulah Palls though within a few hours’
ride of them, and it is not likely that ono per cent, of the people
‘ of them. They have been
lesser attractions at
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of the United States have ever heard
too busy disproving advertisements of
home and abroad.
Moat Beautiful Waterfalls in America.
A ITER shooting Indian Arrow rapids the Tallulah river falls
six hundred and fifty feet in the first mile of its. descent
through the Grand Chasm, plunging down a succession of
gigantic steeps, the most prominent of whicji have been appro
priately named as follows:
I/eau D’or (often incorrectly spelled Lodore, from its sim
ilarity in sound to the subject of Southey’s famous poem) is a
French namo signifying “Water of Gold.” L’eau U’or is first
below the rapids and hns a fall of forty-six feet.
Tcmpestn, named fro*n the fancied resemblance of its tur
bulent waters to the billows of the ocean, lashed into fury by the
tempest, is next to Hawthorne Pool ami hns a fall of eighty-
two feet. *
Hurricane, whose nnmo suggests its character, is next tp
Tcmpestn. Through a narrow flume, sharply defined by perpen
dicular clifTn, the tempestuous river surges witli a frightful ve
locity and plunging over the rugged brink with, a roar like an
approaching hurricane, falls a distance of ninety-one feet
Oceana, following IIurricAnc, tosses and tumbles, like the
white capped waves of tho ocean, over the ribbed surface of a
broad and gently inclined ledge of rock for some fifty feet, and
becomes
Hridnl Veil, the last of the falls, twenty-eight feet
in height, and is just above whero the river forms the famous
horse-shoe bend. This fall, takes its name from its remarkable
resemblance to tho snowy ripples and fairy-like folds of a bride’s
most modest adornment.
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Tallulah Lodge
Improving in the beauty of its
colonial architecture, thoroughly
equipped with all improvements
and appliances of an up-to-date
hotel. Noted for its excellent ser
vice. J. C. S. Timberlake, Mgr.
HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS
The Cliff House
A modem hotel with every con
venience and the service the best.
Nearest the Falls and most con
venient to railroad station. Wat
son & Son, Mgrs.
Hotel Willard
An up-to-date sununer family
hotel run on strictly first class
plan. Mrs. W. D, Young, Propri
etress, is an experienced in-kcep-
er.
Thomas Villa
The Villa receives a large share
of tho hotel patronage at Tallulnh
each summer. It is convenient
and is noted for its superior table
service. Mrs. Hunnicutt, Propri
etress.
Oakhaven
Airs. L. M. Moody has conducted
the Oakhaven on such a high
plane that it has become very pop-
popular with visitors to Tallulah
Falls.
THE TALLULAH FALLS RAILWAY
—————— PENETRATES THE HEART OF THE —
Great Blue Ridge Mountains
A SUMMER RESORT COUNTRY “PAR EXCELLENCE”
You Can Reach the Following Named Resorts on This Line:
DEMOREST, CLARKESVILLE, TURNERVILLE, TALLULAH LODGE, TIGER,
FRANKLIN and HIGHLANDS, N
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CLARKESVILLE.
A beautiful little mountain hamlet nest-
ling in the heart of the Blue Ridge—one
of the oldest and most popular resorts in
Georgia.
PASSOVER— •
Poised restfullv at a magnificent alti
tude—the highest, railroad point in the
entire state—the tracks of the Tallulah
Falls railway at Passover arc 2,300 feet
above sea level.
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RABUN GAP-
Celebrated in oratory as the extreme
northern point °f the Empire State—a
picturesque hamlet surrounded by the
dumpling far ms of the Tennessee valley.
DILLARDS—
A twin sister of Rabun Gap endowed
with all the charms that nature could be- ;
stow upon it.
TIGER—
Taking its name from the Tiger Moun
tains in whoso shadow it rests—famous
for its mineral springs, its splendid air
and its other natural attractions.
CLAYTON—
A second' Asheville, reposing in the nest
of high mountains, inviting for the pu
rity of the air and water and for all the
beauty of landscape that the eye could de
sire.
HIGHLANDS, N. 0.,
Is only 1<> miles from Dillards on this
picturesque railway. The hack fare
from Dillards is only one-fourth that of
any other route. The next nearest rail- |
road point is 35 miles distant.
FRANKLIN—
Another hamlet offering manifold attrac-
I tions to the tourist is only 14 miles from
Dillards, and long before the season is
over there will be a railroad station.
DEMOREST—
Is a College town dotted with beautiful
homes, boasting a splendid lake with
boats, bathing, fishing and other attrac
tions. The Atlanta and Athens Y. M. C.
A. have selected this beautiful little
Georgia town as their camping ground .
for the seasou. J
For fall descriptive and illustrated literature, address
W. S. ERWIN, Manager, Cornelia, Ga.