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Title | Letter from Heriot Clarkson to Harold L. Ickes |
Date | July 2, 1934 |
Description | Judge Clarkson asks the Secretary of Interior to consider making the Park-to-Park road a loop, making sure that it passes near Asheville. |
Commentary | This was written before the parkway plan was finalized. Clarkson notes the need for the road to go through Asheville to please tourists and "save" the region. Clarkson also lists the total tobacco tax collections for the state to make a case for North Carolina to get a return on what it has paid the federal government. Box 4, folder 75. |
Location |
Location Name: Little Switzerland Parkway Milepost: 330.8
Latitude: 35.849672
Longitude: -82.091147 |
Creator Individual | Heriot Clarkson |
Creator Organization | Heriot Clarkson Papers |
Tags |
Asheville (N.C.)
Ickes, Harold L. Letters Little Switzerland (N.C.) Tobacco tax Tourism |
Credit | Heriot Clarkson Papers, #1313, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |