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Turnpike Hotel

Asheville, NC
"This is the oldest established resort west of Asheville.  It is located on the WNC railroad, and amid lofty mountains.  A pleasant place for summer sojourners and their families.  Mineral and free-stone springs on the farm.  Rates moderate.  John C. Smathers, Proprietor." (1883, Zeigler, p. 384)