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Title Parkway Route Given Approval
Date September 2, 1938
Description Newspaper article announces the formal decision of the route for the Blue Ridge Parkway, including a section through the Cherokee Indian reservation.
Location Location Name: Cherokee Indian Reservation
Parkway Milepost: None
Latitude: 35.4742656
Longitude: -83.3148742
Creator Individual Robert E. Williams
Creator Organization Raleigh News and Observer
Tags Blue Ridge Parkway--Planning
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina
Ickes, Harold L.
Credit North Carolina Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill