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Title Notables Are Welcomed to W.N.C. Area (Page 1 of 2)
Date June 16, 1934
Description This article describes the entertaining of several prominent visitors to the Asheville area. The party included Ambassador (to Mexico) and Mrs. Daniels, Mrs. Harold Ickes (wife of the secretary of the Interior), and Arno B. Cammerer (head of the National Park Service). Describes their dinner at Grove Park Inn and the various points discussed, including Cammerer's discussion of both the planned Blue Ridge Parkway and the Great Smokey Mountain headquarters.

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Location Location Name: Asheville
Parkway Milepost: None
Latitude: 35.60095
Longitude: -82.55402
Creator Organization Asheville Citizen Times
Tags Blue Ridge Parkway--Planning
Cammerer, Arno B.
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Daniels, Josephus
Grove Park Inn (Asheville, N.C.)
Credit North Carolina Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill