Driving Through Time - The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway
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| Title | Timber Cutting by M.C. Biggerstaff |
| Date | May 27, 1937 |
| Description | Photograph of an area where many trees have been cut down. Taken by L.M.H. on May 27, 1937, in the vicinity of Stations 545-555, Section 2E (incorrectly identified on the card as Section 2J), milepost 271-272 off of the Blue Ridge Parkway. |
| Commentary | For many land owners along the tract that was to become the Blue Ridge Parkway, cutting timber was an important source of income. Once land was purchased by the National Park Service, the government usually wanted the land to remain as pristine as possible. However, due to delays in receiving payment for their land, owners sometimes continued to cut down trees against the wishes of the National Park Service. |
| Location |
Location Name: Milepost 271 Parkway Milepost: 271.0
Latitude: 36.257347
Longitude: -81.451694 |
| Creator Individual | L.M.H. |
| Tags |
Ashe County (N.C.)
Landscape Logging Photographs Watauga County (N.C.) Wilkes County (N.C.) |
| Credit | Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway |
