Driving Through Time - The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway
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| Title | Oral History Interview with William Pruitt, June 14, 1996 |
| Date | June 14, 1996 |
| Description | William Pruitt talks about his time working on the Blue Ridge Parkway as part of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). He talks about the living arrangements and activities of those in the CCC. He was a truck driver, hauling crews to work sites, and did some landscaping. After service in the Navy, Pruitt joined the Park Service in the late 1940s and did maintenance work at Cumberland Knob. He describes being a caretaker – repair work, painting, mowing, snow plowing – in the Sparta area and talks about his interactions with tourists on the parkway. |
| Creator Individuals |
William Pruitt
Alicia Gallant |
| Tags |
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.)
Landscape development Maintenance |
| Credit | Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway |
