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LOUISVILLE
THE GATEWAY CITY TO THE SOUTH
By LUCIEN V. RULE
Beautiful of situation is Louisville,
the metropolis of Kentucky, and the
Gateway City to the South. Builded along
the Ohio at the Falls, the river stretches
away to the northeast in a sheet of water
nearly a mile wide and six miles in extent with
a scarcely perceptible current, making one of
the finest harbors in the whole course of this
"Rhine of America." Circling hills surround
the city, and the parks upon them are unsurpassed
in this section of the country. The
avenues are broad and well shaded, and while
the residences are, as a rule, handsomely modern,
many splendid specimens of Colonial architecture
are to be seen. The homesteads in the
suburbs are delightful, dreamy retreats, and the
river valley is as fertile as that of the Jordan.
