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Title | Letter from Heriot Clarkson to Francis O. Clarkson |
Date | February 15, 1940 |
Description | Judge Clarkson discusses a meeting with R. Getty Browning at Little Switzerland in which some adjustments were made to property settlements. Clarkson expresses disgust that Browning could have so much power when he is the "son of a Federal solider." |
Commentary | Clarkson seems to be comparing the Switzerland Company's battle with the State Highway Commission to both the US Civil War and World War II. Box 4, folder 85. |
Location |
Location Name: Little Switzerland Parkway Milepost: 330.8
Latitude: 35.849672
Longitude: -82.091147 |
Creator Individual | Heriot Clarkson |
Tags |
Blue Ridge Parkway--Right-of-way
Browning, R. Getty Clarkson, Francis O. Landowners Little Switzerland (N.C.) State Highway and Public Works Commission |
Credit | Heriot Clarkson Papers, #1313, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |