Driving Through Time - The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway
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Title | Trading Post |
Date | July 1958 |
Description | Photograph looks across the road to the Northwest Trading Post near mile post 259 in section 2D of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Taken by Donald H. Robinson in July 1958. |
Commentary | From this distance the building looks like many of the cabins that can be seen along the Parkway route. In keeping with the Parks Service's goal of keeping the area looking as untouched and authentic as possible, the building was purposely designed to look this way. |
Location |
Location Name: Northwest Trading Post Parkway Milepost: 258.0
Latitude: 36.343644
Longitude: -81.375559 |
Creator Individual | Donald H. Robinson |
Tags |
Building
Business Northwest Trading Post (N.C.) Photographs Tourism |
Credit | Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway |