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Vol. 11.
Spring-Time Resorts
Now that it is getting
too warm for northern
tourists to remain in
Florida, and is yet too
cold to return to the
snowy belt of the North
and northwest, they are
naturally looking out
for some half-way place
between the two ex
tremes just above refer
red to, and here comes
in the region in upper
Georgia which includes
Atlanta, Marietta, Car
tersville and Dalton.
The hotel accommo
dations and the numer
ous attractions offered
for a stay in Atlanta are too varied to
be enumerated here. The United
States Census of 1880 having estab
lished the fact that Atlanta and Ma
rietta are in the midst of the health
iest region in America, it is but nat
ural that the tide of travel should
roll in large volume toward the cities
referred to.
Byway of the 8., F. & W. Railway
and the Central Railroad of Georgia
the splendid sleeping car lines which
run from Florida over those lines and
their connections pass over the West
ern & Atlantic and its connections to
Cincinnati and Louisville through
Atlanta, Marietta, Cartersville and
Dalton.
Marietta, the beautiful “Gem City”
of Georgia, is justly termed the pret
tiest little city in the southeast. The
scenery in and about the city is unex
celled. The atmosphere at its eleva
tion above the sea (1132 feet,) is pure
and exhilarating; the water is the best
of free-stone. The Western & Atlan
tic Railroad company runs six passen
ger trains per day each way between
Atlanta and Marietta; consequently,
there is connection within every few
hours between the two cities.
No place, however, affords any sub
tantial enjoyment to tourists unless it
has ■first-class hotels. Atlantft’s Kim
ball House is noted all over America;
Marietta’s Whitlock House is certainly
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a gem hotel in the “Gem City.”
Situated in the midst of a beautiful
little grove, only one square from the
Western & Atlantic depot, it presents
an outside appearance which at once
captivates the visitor’s eye, and the
warm welcome and elegant enter
tainment afforded within, make an im
pression of pleasure which is always
cherished by the guest, and which
leaves in the mind ot each one a de
sire and determination to return. There
is no pleasanter stopping place any
where in the southeast than the Whit
lock House, Marietta.
But the Whitlock House, with its
home-like welcome, is not the only
pleasant place of entertainment in Ma
rietta. The Kennesaw House, immedi
ately by the railroad, has long been
an established hostelry and place of re
sort in Marietta, and Mr. P. S. Shel
man, has numerous friends who have
nothing but pleasant words for him.
Then there are boarding houses, first
class in every respect, such as “Glen
burnief' kept by Mrs. M. J. Wright,
the “Hedges” where Mr. Jas. L. La
fitte makes you thoroughly at home,
and the houses of Mrs. J. 11. Elliott,
Mr. L. S. Cox and others.
If you wish to take a pleasant
drive, then Chuck Anderson will put
you behind a spanking team, or if
“you” are plural then he can furnish
THE WHITLOCK HOUSE, MARIETTA, GA
several of these for the crowd. The
pleasant drives around Marietta are
some of the great attractions.
Marietta is now rapidly filling up
with the very best class of northern
and northwestern tourists. The wis
dom of the management of the Wes
tern & Atlantic Railroad company, in
establishing through connections, giv
ing stop-over privileges on all through
tickets, and other advantages of this
kind is bearing the most desirable fruit.
What wonder then that her citizens
are proud of the Western & Atlantic
Railroad, and that the Western &
Atlantic Railroad is proud of the little
“Gem City.”
Historic and majestic Kennesaw
Mountain, scarcely two miles distant;
the great marble factory at Elizabeth
on the Western & Atlantic Railroad
at the foot of the grand mountain;
Allatoona, famed in sacred song, and
all the superb mountain scenery pene
trated by the Marietta and North Geor
gia Railroad, which joins the Western
& Atlantic, at Marietta, are at the
tourist’s disposal for short excursions.
Truly, the Western & Atlantic Rail
road presents to tourists the most de
sirable region in the southeast.
Only via the Western and Atlantic
railroad can you get to Fannin county,
the healthiest county in Georgia if not
in America.
oral army sent up an immense
number of skyrockets from por
tions of their line, in order to draw
the fire of the batteries near the foot of
the mountain,and develop the strength
of the Confederates.
He said that the sending up of these
skyrockets amid the darkness of the
night presented a magnificent specta
cle ; that he had rarely seen a grander
one than that which was exhibited one
night in particular; but he added that
the attempt failed toaccomplish the re
sult sought, as the Confederates did
not fire a single cannon. They seem
ed to have detected the purpo«e for
which the demonstration was made.
These brilliant exhibitions of pyro
technics were plainly seen in Mari
etta, by the citizens and soldiery, as
well as by those on the mountain.
In fact, the conversation was brought
about by our stating to our informant
referred to above that some of the citi
zens of Marietta had told us that on
several occasions the Fedoraks sent up
immense numbers of skyrockets at
night, and that the display was in each
case one of the grandest spectacles
seen during the war.
Now that tourists are starting back
from Florida, they find Thomasville
and Marietta the choicest “half-way
places” between the “land of flowers”
and the “lands of snow.” The West
ern & Ailantic Railroad is peculiarly
blessed in being the only line, to the west
which runs through palace and buffet
sleeping cars via Thomasville and Ma
rietta.
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The Western & Atlantic Railroad i s
known as the “old reliable.”
Skyrockets Around
Kennesaw Moun
tain.
A prominent Federal
officer was speaking to
us recently about tin*
various measures which
were resorted to by the
opposing armies in the
Atlanta campaign to
develop each other’s
positions, and to draw
the fire of masked bat
teries, etc.
Among other in
stances he stated that
during the fighting
around Kennesaw
Mountain there were
two nights when the Fed-
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