Excerpt from Sketch Book of Lynchburg, Va: Its People and Its Trade

The development of the vast mineral wealth of the neighboring territory is as ct in its infancy, but it is already known to be practically inexhaustible. Coal of the best quality is also abundant and cheap, while the products of the farm and forest are rich, plentiful and varied.

Climate.

The topography of the City and surrounding country, its elevation above the sea - over 500 feet on the river bank - and the purity of its atmosphere, make this climate singularly health), and especially beneficial to invalids. There are no marshes or stagnant pools, and the neighborhood is entire free from malarial disorders. The winters are short and mild, seldom of more than three months' duration, and arc generally dry and pleasant. Snow seldom lies here longer than a few days, and there is but little interruption to agricultural pursuits during the entire winter. The heat of summer, which is never extreme, is tempered by the delicious southwest breezes and the cool sweet air from the neighboring mountains. The nights are always balmy and refreshing, and the days rarely oppressive.

During the summer months, near the eastern base of the Blue Ridge Mountains, there are more frequent showers than in any other part of Virginia. The explanation of this is to be found in the fact that the prevailing wind at that season comes direct from the sea, and its moisture, when driven against the mountain barrier, meets with a colder stratum of air and becomes condensed, thus producing the welcome showers which refresh and invigorate the growing crops, while in less favored sections the ground remains parched and dry.

The mean temperature of Piedmont Virginia, which, as its name implies, lies at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains, and near the centre of which the City of Lynchburg is situated, is stated by Col. Randolph Harrison, Commissioner of Agriculture, in his Hand Book of Virginia, published last year (1886), to be as follows: annual, 537; winter, 44; summer, 78; while the rainfall is placed at "32 to 44 inches." In reference to this Division of the State, Col. Harrison writes: "For beauty of landscape, variety of scenery, native fertility of soil, water courses contributing to practical benefit as well as to beauty of scenery, this section is surpassed by few, if any, other sections in the United States."

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