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Identifier: philadelphiaitse00jb (find matches)
Title: Philadelphia and its environs, and the railroad scenery of Pennsylvania
Year: 1875 (1870s)
Authors: J.B. Lippincott & Co
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Publisher: Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott & co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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UP THE WISSAHICKON—THE DRIVE. A mile and a half of rugged scenery ensues, terminating in the open sunlight and beautifullandscapes of Chestnut Hill, where the end of the Park is reached. Watson, in his Annals of Philadelphia, speaks thus of The Wissahickon :This romantic creek and scenery, now so much visited and familiar to many, was not long since an extremelywild, unvisited place, to illustrate which I give these facts, to wit: Enoch and Jacob Rittenhouse, residents there,told me in 1845 that when they were boys the place had many pheasants; that they snared a hundred of them I
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THE WISSAHICKON—THE HERMItS POOL. HEMLOCK GLEN- 86 PHILADELPHIA AND ITS ENVIRONS. in a season ; they also got many partridges. The creek had many excellent fish, such as large sunfish and perch.The summer wild ducks came there regularly, and were shot often; also, some winter ducks. They then hadno visitors from the city, and only occasionally from Germantown. There they lived quietly and retired ; nowall is public and bustling,—all is changed! The natural beauties of Fairmount Park are now its chief attraction, but these can begreatly enhanced by the discreet addition of works of art in the shape of statues, fountains,

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