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Title Asheville Will Be On Parkway, Says Senator: Reynolds Plans To Stay Here Until Ickes Has Hearing
Date August 19, 1934
Description Brief article reporting that N.C. Senator Robert R. Reynolds has returned from Washington "optimistic" that the Parkway will be routed through Asheville. Reynolds does not elaborate on his reasons for optimism, but the article mentions that he met with Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes during his Washington trip.
Location Location Name: Asheville
Parkway Milepost: None
Latitude: 35.60095
Longitude: -82.55402
Creator Organization Asheville Citizen Times
Tags Blue Ridge Parkway--Planning
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Ickes, Harold L.
Reynolds, Robert R.
Credit North Carolina Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill