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With Pen and Camera thro' "The Land of the Sky": Western North Carolina and the Asheville Plateau
Text by Holman T. Waldron, 1904

"With Pen and Camera thro' the 'Land of the Sky' " Cover
D. H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, UNC at Asheville 28804
Title With Pen and Camera thro' the 'Land of the Sky'": Western North Carolina and the Asheville Plateau
Identifier http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/books/booklets/pen_and_camera/pen_camera.htm
Creator Text by Holman T. Waldron ;
Subject Keyword  "Land of the Sky" ; Battery Park Hotel ; Holman T. Waldron ; hotels ; travel and tourism ; Asheville, NC ;  Asheville, NC ; Saluda Gateway ; Blue Ridge Mountains ; Hickory Nut Gap ; Round Knob ; Swannanoa River ; French Broad River ; Hot Springs ; Hickory Nut Gap; Linville Gorge; Mount Mitchell ; Clingman's Dome ; Whiteside Mountain ; Nantahala River; Catawba Falls ; Tuckaseegee Falls ; Spring Creek Falls ; Stroup's Trestle ; Alley's ; Chimney Rock ; Mitchell's Pool ; Lover's Leap ; Painted Rock ; Royal Gorge ; Albemarle Park ; The Manor ; Biltmore House ; Battery Park Hotel ; Kenilworth Inn ;  Patton Avenue  ; Mountain Park Hotel (Hot Springs); Waynesville ; laurel ; rhododendron ; Elks and Tahkeesotee Clubs; Sunset Park Railway
Subject LCSH Waldron, Holman D. 
Photography (Asheville, N.C.)
Battery Park Hotel (Asheville, N.C.)
Albemarle Park (Asheville, N.C.)
Manor Hotel (Asheville, N.C.)
Kenilworth Inn (Asheville, N.C.)
Biltmore Estate (Asheville, N.C.)
Mountain Park Hotel (Hot Springs, N.C.)
Asheville (N.C.) -- History -- Pictorial works
Asheville (N.C.) -- Architecture
Waynesville (N.C.) -- History -- Pictorial works
North Carolina -- Social life and customs -- Pictorial works
Asheville (N.C.) -- Description and travel
Asheville (N.C. -- Travel and tourism
Nantahala River (N.C.) -- Photographs
Date 2004-07-02
Publisher Portland, ME.: Chisholm Bros. ; Digital Publisher D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville 28804
Contributor

Type Source type: Photographs ; Text ; Book
Format image/jpeg/text ; cover and 48 p.
Source SpecColl   F259 .W35 1904 
Language EN=English
Relation E.M. Ball Photographic Collection, UNCA ; Le Compte Postcard Collection, UNCA ; 
Coverage 1902 ; 1904 ; Asheville, NC
Rights Any display, publication or public use must credit D. H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville.Copyright retained by the authors of certain items in the collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Donor Purchased by D.H. Ramsey Library Special Collections  
Description A large format and beautifully produced 48 page booklet that describes travel in the "Land of the Sky," a region that  includes the Asheville plateau and the Western North Carolina, generally. The booklet contains large photographs with descriptive narrative of key points of interest to tourists and travelers to the area. The narrative by Homer T. Waldron and photographs cover highlights along the well-traveled tourist routes.  Highlights include  the Saluda gateway over the Blue Ridge, Hickory Nut Gap, Round Knob, the Swannanoa River, the French Broad River, Hot Springs, Hickory Nut Gap, Linville Gorge, Mount Mitchell, Clingman's Dome, Whiteside Mountain, the Nantahala River, Catawba Falls, Tuckaseegee Falls, Spring Creek Falls, Stroup's Trestle, Alley's, Chimney Rock, Mitchell's Pool, Lover's Leap, Painted Rock, Royal Gorge, Asheville, Albemarle Park, The Manor, Biltmore House, Battery Park Hotel, Kenilworth Inn,  Patton Avenue, Mountain Park Hotel (Hot Springs), Waynesville, and various views of mountains, laurel and rhododendron. Photographic images are in black and white. 
Acquisition 2003-05-01
Citation With Pen and Camera, D. H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville 28804
Processed by Special Collections staff, Erica Ojermark, 2004
Last update 2004-03-25
Page Image Description Thumbnail
Cover lots000 Cover: "With Pen and Camera thro' The Land of the Sky: Western North Carolina and the Asheville Plateau. Above the Clouds."
1 lots001 Frontispiece: "With Pen and Camera thro' The Land of the Sky: Western North Carolina and the Asheville Plateau. Text by Holman T. Waldron. Copyright 1902, by Chisholm Bros., Publishers, Portland, Maine. Chisholm Bros., Portland ME."
2 lots002 "The Land of the Sky." 
Text: Appalachian range, St. Lawrence River, The White Mountains of New Hampshire and the Adirondack Mountains of New York are outliers of this range, while the Catskills form a link of the main range. 
The Blue Ridge, prominent in Pennsylvania and Maryland and reaching its culminating grandeur in Western North Carolina. Within the Old North State more than one hundred noble peaks raise their heads above the cloud-line. Forty-three of them are each higher than Mount Washington, crown of New England. 
Blue Ridge, Great Smoky Mountains, Asheville plateau, Swannanoa French Broad River.
3 lots003 "Panoramic View of the Blue Ridge -- Railroad at Seventeen Points" 
"Journeying from Washington toward Asheville... Blue Ridge...Salisbury...the railroad shows at seventeen distinct points...Western North Carolina ;  a fitting introduction to the glorious scenery beyond."
4 lots004 "The Blue Ridge Mountains" and text.
5 lots005 "Penetrating the Blue Ridge, View Near Round Knob" and text.
6 lots006 "The Nantahala River and Gap, 'The Land of the Sky'" and text.
7 lots007 "Wood Road-Highland Laurels" and text.
8 lots008 "An Asheville Wood Road" and text.
9 lots009 "View on the French Broad River Near Hot Springs, North Carolina" and text.
10 lots010 "Hickory Nut Gap, Western North Carolina" and text.
11 lots011 "The Southern Railway, Skirting The French Broad River" and text.
12 lots012 "The French Broad River Near The Tennessee Line" and text.
13 lots013 "Mount Mitchell, Monarch of the East" and text.
14 lots014 "Mount Mitchell From Clingman's Dome-Above The Clouds" and text.
15 lots015 "Whiteside Mountain, North Carolina-Looking East" and text.
16 lots016 "View On The Swannanoa, 'Land of the Sky'" and text.
17 lots017 "Whiteside Mountain, North Carolina-Looking West" and text.
18 lots018 "The Nantahala Valley, North Carolina" and text.
19 lots019 "Stroup's Trestle, In the Blur Ridge, North Carolina" and text.
20 lots020 "Falls of the Catawba River, Blue Ridge Mountains, N.C." and text.
21 lots021 "Tuckaseegee Falls-'Land of the Sky'" and text.
22 lots022 "Linville Rapids-'Land of the Sky'" and text. 
23 lots023 "Gorge of the Linville River-Blue Ridge Mountains" and text.
24 lots024 "Whiteside Mountain From Alley's, Western North Carolina" and text.
25 lots025 "The Swannanoa River, North Carolina" and text.
26 lots026 "Mitchell's Pool - The Old Black Mountain Guide" and text.
27 lots027 "Chimney Rock, Hickory Nut Gap" and text.
28 lots028 "Lovers Leap, Picturesque Precipice Near Hot Springs, North Carolina" and text.
29 lots029 "The Painted Rocks, North Carolina-Tennessee Boundary" and text (Old Cherokee settlement, Chota, Miss Murfree, Atta-Culla-Culla, Onconostota, Evening Cloud.).
30 lots030 "The Royal Gorge, Blue Ridge Mountains, North Carolina" and text.
31 lots031 "French Broad, From Richmond's Hill - A Few Words Climatic" and text. 
32 lots032 "Through the Tunnels to Asheville, The City Of Many Visitors" and text (also Licklog, McElroy, High Ridge, Bergen, Swannanoa).
33 lots033 "Fairfield Lake and Hotel from Bald Rock-Toxaway Lake Inn from Toxaway Mountain" and text (also Sapphire County).
34 lots034 "Biltmore House-East Front" and text (Mr. George Vanderbilt, Richard M. Hunt, Pisgah Forest, Swannanoa and French Broad Rivers).
35 lots035 "Biltmore House-The Chateau From South Terrace" and text. 
36 lots036 "Panoramic View of Mountain and Valley" and text (also Sunset Mountain, Overlook Tower).
37 lots037 "Overlooking Asheville, North Carolina, From Sunset Mountain" and text (also Richland Balsam, Little Bald, Bald, Little Pisgah, Pisgah, Cold Mountain, Double Top, Smathers' View, Newfound Mountains, Rocky Face, Big Butt, Crabtree Bald, Sandy Mush Bald, Max Patch Mountain, Gouch's Peak, Elk Mountain).
38 lots038 "Two Asheville Hotels, The Battery Park and The Manor" and text.
39 lots039 "Mountain Park Hotel, Hot Springs - Asheville by Night" and text (also Pack Square, Patton Avenue,  Vance Monument).
40 lots040 "Pack Square, Asheville, North Carolina" and text (also City Hall, City Library, Railroad Depot, Cotton Mills, French Broad, Vance Monument, Bingham Military Institute).
41 lots041 Grove Park, West Entrance-The Model Village of Biltmore" and text (Charlotte Avenue, Sunset Mountain, Biltmore, Southern Railway, Vanderbilt).
42 lots042 "Riverside Park and Lake" and text (also French Broad, Tahkeesotee River).
43 lots043  "Asheville's Most Popular Recreation Park" and text (also Albemarle Park, Overlook Park, Sunset Mountain, Kenilworth, Asheville Elks and Tahkeesotee Clubs, Sunset Park Railway).
44 lots044 "Asheville's Public Buildings" and text (also City Hall, Passenger Station Southern Railway, Post Office, Public Library, Auditorium, Buncombe County Court House).
45 lots045 Picture of "Crystal Falls-South of Asheville's Water Supply" and text.
46 lots046 "Kalmia, or Mountain Laurel" and text (also Swedish Botanist Peter Kalm). 
47 lots047 "The Great Rhododendron From 'The Land of the Sky'" and text
48 lots048 "A Picturesque Bit at Waynesville, North Carolina-Goodbye the Old North State" and text.