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So it happened that while Mr.. Watson, Jennie, and Mr. Waterbury registered at the Burnet House, Tom, carpetbag in hand, walked through the streets till he came to a plain inn, bearing the name Alleghany
The Young Adventurer or Tom's Trip Across the Plains Horatio Alger 1865
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When they first saw him, he was high in the air, higher than the summit of Haup -- high as the mighty hills which Indians call the Alleghany, or hills of the
Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 1 (of 3) James Athearn Jones
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The town occupied something of a central position between the ranges of mountains known as the Alleghany and the Blue Ridge, amidst a land of beauty and delight, ever satisfying to every sense of both sight and taste.
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This continues to be the case till you attain the summit of the Alleghany, which is the highest land between the ocean and the Mississippi.
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On approaching Pittsburg we crossed the Alleghany, which is a fine broad stream.
First Impressions of the New World On Two Travellers from the Old in the Autumn of 1858 Isabella Strange Trotter 1847
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He was noted all through the war as a stubborn fighter, and was known throughout the country after this victory as "Alleghany" Johnson.
How a one-legged rebel lives : reminiscences of the Civil War, 1898
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The mountain-passes about Blue Ridge Springs, the delightful roads running out from thence to Coyner's and Bonsack's, the lovely stretches of the Roanoke valley, the mystic recesses of the hills about "Alleghany," the sweet tranquillity of the "Montgomery White Sulphur," and the half-dozen other retreats in the vicinity, are all sought by the overworked and climate-worn who have come thousands
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The most noticeable of the fashionable resorts are the "Alleghany" and the "Montgomery White."
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"Far to the northward of us two streams meet, after having wandered by a winding way for countless miles, the one from the north, called the Alleghany, and the other from the south, called the Monongahela; uniting, they form a noble river, and rush on to swell the glory of the father of waters.
Eoneguski, or, the Cherokee Chief: A Tale of Past Wars. Vol. II. 1839
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"You think because you use worse grades than our road 'u'd allow, you're a kind of Alleghany angel.
The Day's Work - Volume 1 Rudyard Kipling 1900
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