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Title	Compromise Route For Parkway Backed
Title Note	Heading entitled "Across Grandfather"
Date	December 23, 1964
Description	Reports on the State Highway Commission's support of a compromised middle route across Grandfather Mountain and the commission's support of an exchange right-of-way land with Hugh Morton -- owner of Grandfather Mountain. The proposal offers Morton 250 acres of land along Yonahlassee Trail for 400 acres of land at a higher point on Grandfather Mountain. The National Park Service has yet to support the compromise.
Location	Location Name: Grandfather Mountain Parkway Milepost: None Latitude: 36.111239 Longitude: -81.8114991 see items nearby
Creator Organization	Asheville Citizen Times
Tags	Blue Ridge Parkway--Planning Blue Ridge Parkway--Right-of-way Construction delays Grandfather Mountain (N.C.) Legislation Morton, Hugh National Park Service North Carolina State Highway Commission Yonahlossee Trail (N.C.)
Credit	North Carolina Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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