Excerpt from A Treatise on the Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs and Its Waters: With the Annual Announcement of the Lessee, 1886 The situation of the Spring is elevated and beautifully picturesque, surrounded by mountains on every side. Kate's Mountain is in full View, and about one mile to the south; to the west, and distant about one mile, are the Greenbrier Mountains, while the towering Alleghany in its magnificent proportions is found five miles to the north and east. Its latitude is about north, and its longitude is west from Washington. Its elevation above tide water is feet the immediate surrounding mountains something more than 3, 500 feet. The temperature of its waters is 6e° Fahrenheit, from which they do not vary during the heat of summer or the cold of winter. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.