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Title Parkway Group On Inspection of N.C. Route (Page 2 of 2)
Date May 22, 1934
Description Reports on the parkway inspection party's visit to Asheville, N.C. and its investigation of proposed routes for the parkway to connect the Great Smoky Mountains and the Shenandoah National parks. Includes details of members of the inspection party; George L. Radcliffe and Theodore E. Strauss are cited as inspection party leaders. Reports on the activities of the inspection party in Waynesville, Mt. Pisgah, and Asheville and names future scenic points to be visited on future trips in the Asheville vicinity. Continued from page 1 of 2

Location Location Name: Asheville
Parkway Milepost: None
Latitude: 35.60095
Longitude: -82.55402
Creator Organization Asheville Citizen Times
Tags Asheville Chamber of Commerce
Asheville (N.C.)
Austin, W.M.
Balsam Gap (N.C.)
Blue Ridge Parkway--Planning
Browning, R. Getty
Chimney Rock (N.C.)
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Craggy Mountains (N.C.)
Grandfather Mountain (N.C.)
Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.)
Green, Ottis L.
Jeffress, E.B. (Edwin Bedford)
Linville Falls (N.C.)
Mount Mitchell (N.C.)
Mount Pisgah (N.C.)
Ratcliffe, George L.
Shenandoah National Park (Va.)
Spelman, H.J.
Straus, Theodore E.
Tennessee
Virginia
Waynesville (N.C.)
Weede, Fred L.
Credit North Carolina Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill