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Great Smoky Mountains National Park / Land of the Everlasting Hills

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  • CHIEF BENGE FALLS, NEAR BRISTOL, VA.-TENN. Hotel facilities are excellent. The General Shelby Hotel, a seven- story, fireproof building, containing nearly two hundred rooms, was completed by J. A. and W. R. Stone in 1927 and leased to the Dameron Hotel Company, which company furnished the hotel and opened it in June, 1927. This hotel was named for General Evan Shelby, who served with General Braddock as a scout and moved to Holston County in 1771, where he built a fort, at the corner of Anderson and Seventh Streets, Bristol, Tennessee. Mr. W. A. Dameron is president of the Dameron Hotel Company, Inc., and general manager of the hotel. He is a hotel man of over twenty years experience. Beautiful Scenery Near the Park BRISTOL is one of the gateways to East Tennessee and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park,when approached from the east. Excellent highways lead to Bristol from all directions, notably from Washington, Philadelphia, New York and other eastern cities. A part of the city of Bristol is in Virginia, and part in Tennessee. State street, the principal thoroughfare of the city, is the state line. State-maintained highways, mostly hard-surfaced, lead from Bristol to Knoxville, thence to the Park, two routes being available, one via Johnson City, Greeneville and Morris- town, the other via Kingsport, Rogersville and Tate Spring. Bristol, with an altitude of 1750 feet, is in a beautiful valley, surrounded by mountains on all sides, some of which are 4000 to 5000 feet above sea level. The climate here is delightful in summer, and the temperature does not range between extremes, the winter weather being mild and pleasant. GENERAL SHELBY HOTEL, BRISTOL, VA.-TENN.
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