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Title | Scenic Road Body May Meet Here Next Week (page 1 of 2) |
Date | October 28, 1933 |
Description | This article writes of a likely meeting in Asheville of the North Carolina state committee on the proposed "scenic road" connecting the Shenandoah and Great Smokey Mountains National Parks. Mentioned is Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes' rejection of a recent proposal to have the highway built exclusively with federal funds. The purpose of the anticipated meeting is the determination of an accepted proposal for the highway's route.
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Location |
Location Name: Asheville Parkway Milepost: None
Latitude: 35.60095
Longitude: -82.55402 |
Creator Organization | Asheville Citizen Times |
Tags |
Bailey, Josiah W.
Blue Ridge Parkway--Planning Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) Doughton, Robert Lee Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.) Ickes, Harold L. Mount Mitchell (N.C.) Ratcliffe, George L. Reynolds, Robert R. |
Credit | North Carolina Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |