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Title Letter from R. Getty Browning to Francis O. Clarkson
Date August 20, 1937
Description Browning, Senior Locating and Claims Engineer for the State Highway Commission, responds to Clarkson's letter regarding payment for the right-of-way diplomatically stating that efforts to reach a fair settlement will be made.
Commentary Browning points to the promise of future development of Little Switzerland as a way to urge the Switzerland Company to come down with estimate of property value. Box 11.
Location Location Name: Little Switzerland
Parkway Milepost: 330.8
Latitude: 35.849672
Longitude: -82.091147
Creator Individual R. Getty Browning
Tags Blue Ridge Parkway--Right-of-way
Clarkson, Francis O.
Letters
Little Switzerland (N.C.)
State Highway and Public Works Commission
Switzerland Company
Credit Francis O. Clarkson Papers, #3275, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.