Driving Through Time - The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway
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| Title | Here Is Complete Text Of Ickes' Report Fixing Route For Parkway |
| Date | November 13, 1934 |
| Description | Reprint of Secretary of the Interior Harold J. Ickes' statement regarding his decision to route the Blue Ridge Parkway through North Carolina the entire way to the Great Smokey Mountains National Park. Ickes argues that routing the Parkway partially through Tennessee would in fact be inequitable. He also insists that his decision placed the highest priority on achieving the most scenic and spectacular route possible. |
| Creator Organization | Asheville Citizen Times |
| Tags |
Blue Ridge Parkway--Planning
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.) Ickes, Harold L. Scenery Tennessee |
| Credit | North Carolina Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
