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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