Oblique City

<h1>Oblique City: Wolf Creek Tennessee</h1><p>Hiking the Appalachian Trail through Hot Springs NC and looking for an extra adventure? Oblique City contains engraved woodcuts showing nature scenes waterfalls and more along the French Broad River...only a few miles from Hot Springs.</p><p> </p><p>In 1893 Lewis W. Murch and his associates formed the American Oblique Manufacturing and City Development Company. In their attempt to entice investors from America and around the world they developed this Prospectus. Though the hotel manufacturing plants and other dreams never materialized Oblique City stands as a beautiful snapshot of what Wolf Creek Tennessee (Cocke County) and the surrounding area looked like in the 1890s.</p><p> </p><p>Oblique City contains references to: Minnehaha Cascade (Wolf Creek Falls); mountains creeks and lakes; trout fishing the Biltmore in Asheville North Carolina; commerce in Newport Tennessee; East Tennessee and North Carolina Railroad History and visions of a temperance city where immorality would be unknown. Includes area history info about the Allens the Pecks and many more individuals and families.</p><p> </p><p>This first of its kind Historical Reprint contains original pages with 42 illustrations engraved woodcuts from photographs maps and portraits. Index added.</p><p> </p><p> *Print copies contain photographs of original pages eBook contains digitally transcribed version of original</p>