Driving Through Time - The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway
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| Title | Pasture Restoration (after) Beng, N.C. |
| Date | July 26, 1941 |
| Description | Photograph shows a restored pasture near Benge, North Carolina, and mile post 267 in section 2E of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Taken by D. W. L. on July 26, 1941. |
| Commentary | Both the forest and agricultural nature of land along the Blue Ridge Parkway was considered integral to its character. Officials integrated agricultural land along the roadway and both maintained and encouraged landholders and lessees to maintain the land in order to cultivate an Appalachia ideal. |
| Location |
Location Name: Milepost 267 Parkway Milepost: 267.0
Latitude: 36.293644
Longitude: -81.415391 |
| Creator Individual | Daniel W. Levandowsky |
| Tags |
Farm buildings and land
Farming Landscape Landscape restoration Land use Pastures Photographs |
| Credit | Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway |
