Driving Through Time - The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway
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| Title | Parkway Battle Is 27 Years Old (Page 1 of 2) |
| Title Note | Title Caption: "Bureaucratic Record?" |
| Date | April 28, 1966 |
| Description | Reports on the historical 27 year-long dispute over right-of-way use for Blue Ridge Parkway construction on Grandfather Mountain; and details current conflicts of interest between Hugh Morton, the State of North Carolina, and the National Parkway. Discusses how the dispute has impacted continuance of parkway into the state of Georgia. The author claims the terms "high," "middle," and "low" to be relative, supporting his claim with elevation figures.
Continued on page 2 of 2 |
| Location |
Location Name: Grandfather Mountain Parkway Milepost: None
Latitude: 36.111239
Longitude: -81.8114991 |
| Creator Individual | Doug Reed |
| Creator Organization | Asheville Citizen Times |
| Tags |
Blue Ridge Parkway--Planning
Blue Ridge Parkway--Right-of-way Construction delays Georgia Grandfather Mountain (N.C.) Hunt, Joe Moore, Dan K. Morton, Hugh National Park Service North Carolina State Highway Commission Raleigh (N.C.) Tourism |
| Credit | North Carolina Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
