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Excerpt from The Piedmont Region, Embracing Georgia, Alabama, Florida and the Carolinas Georgia, Alabama, the Carolinas and East Tennessee constitute the Piedmont region Of North America. Here the lower end Of the Appalachian chain spreads out like a gigantic cornucopia, pouring its wealth upon the plain; here the Atlantic ocean reaches far inward to catch its freight Of nature's rich profusion, -and floats the largest ships nearer to the Western granary than at any other part of the long coast here the gulf approaches with moist south winds that soothe and fructify the earth; and here the primeval forest, wrapping the folds Of the great cornucopia in its evergreen mantle, sweeps from Hatteras to the Mexican border. Descending by easy stages from moun tain to plain, this marvelous region presents in quick suc cession almost the entire vegetable series Of the United States. This is the hospitable home Of the husbandman, the vine dresser, the fruit grower and the florist. Here, too, is nature's ideal seat Of industry, with materials spread out in endless profusion, and the bracing breezes of the hill country pouring out an aerial champagne that stirs men to effort. This incomparable tonic of Ozone gives to the people Of the Piedmont region that transcendent energy by which, as in Atlanta, they rise superior to Obstacles, and build even upon occasional failure the fabric of success. Georgia is the first State Of the South in point Of progress. In the combined products Of agriculture and industry she has outstripped her neighbors. She was the first to recover from the devastation Of the war, and Atlanta, the city which was left in ashes by Sherman's army, bids fair to become the Southern metropolis. 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.