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mountain became a refuge for ailing patients because of the crisp, cool mountain
air and clear mountain streams.
In 1827 Dr. Thomas Fearn established a colony here for these people. Fearn
constructed a large ornate house for himself and his family, complete with stables
and smokehouse. The colony flourished until the advent of the Civil War, when
Union soldiers moved through and laid the settlement virtually in ruin. According
to reports from the time, “the smokehouse was pilfered by the Yankee Soldiers of
its bacon, shoulders, and jowls, but they failed to locate the hams concealed in the
cellar.”
Cyclists and hikers enjoy the view from O'Shaughnessy Point.
Following the war, the area was rebuilt and began to flourish with the establish-
ment of the Monte Sano Hotel. Tourists began flocking to the mountain until the
Great Depression arrived in the 1930s. President Franklin Roosevelt's Civilian
Conservation Corps (CCC) arrived in 1935, and the rebuilding process began yet
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