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Title | Rich Knob From scenic road |
Date | June 9, 1935 |
Description | Photograph shows a view of Rich Knob as seen from a scenic road near section 2Q of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Taken by Edward H. Abbuehl on June 9, 1935. |
Commentary | The photo is dated in 1935 more than 13 years before construction of the Blue Ridge Parkway began in Buncombe County. These are the types of views that the National Park Service intended for the Blue Ridge Parkway to have as it wound through the mountains of western North Carolina. |
Location |
Location Name: Rich Knob Parkway Milepost: 375.3
Latitude: 35.6792802
Longitude: -82.4445696 |
Creator Individual | Edward H. Abbuehl |
Creator Organization | National Park Service—Blue Ridge Parkway |
Tags |
Landscape
Photographs Rich Knob (N.C.) Scenery |
Credit | Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway |