Image from the Biodiversity Heritage Library.
Contributed by Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History.
| www.biodiversitylibrary.org
Transcription
Washington to Augusta Springs
Sep. 7 - 1902. Sunday.
Left on the C & O. R. R. at 2 P. M. and
arrived at Augusta Springs at 7.25. P.M.
Coming towards Charlottesville one begins
to see the Blue Ridge and the villages is
to the east of the first range. From here
to near Basic City the railroad passes
through the Blue Ridges. There are several
of these and the topography is rugged
and the lines not so even as those
of the Appalachian to the west.
At Basic City there is round chest
and I surmise there are good outcrops
here of Reellmantown. These chests
extend for a half mile E. of the
station.
Approaching Buffalo Gap the view
runs rapidly through this pretty but