Driving Through Time - The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway
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| Title | Letter from Heriot Clarkson to Francis O. Clarkson |
| Date | January 16, 1939 |
| Description | References "another of [Charles] Ross' untruths," perhaps another newspaper article. Also tells Francis that someone stopped him in the street to affirm his battle with the State Highway Commission. Mentions that Mrs. Daisy Marshall Bacot is getting "unscrupulous" treatment by the State. Also references an article "by the Indian Chief" in the Jan. 15, 1939 paper, probably Jarrett Blythe. |
| Commentary | This letter shows how the parkway impacted a variety of people and interests - the general public, Little Switzerland landowners, and the Eastern Band in Cherokee. Box 10, folder 539. |
| Location |
Location Name: Little Switzerland Parkway Milepost: 330.8 |
| Creator Individual | Heriot Clarkson |
| Tags |
Bacot, Daisy Marshall
Clarkson, Francis O. Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina Landowners Letters Little Switzerland (N.C.) State Highway and Public Works Commission |
| Credit | Francis O. Clarkson Papers, #3275, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. |
