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Title Action Urged on Parkway Link (Page 2 of 2)
Date March 27, 1962
Description Reports on the Blue Ridge Parkway Association's demand of the National Park Service to complete the Grandfather Mountain link using right-of-way land purchased for the link from the Linville Co. in 1939. The article details the historical dispute and actions presently pursued to resolve the right-of-way issue and complete construction. Continued from page 1 of 2

Location Location Name: Brevard
Parkway Milepost: None
Latitude: 35.23345
Longitude: -82.73429
Creator Individual John Parris
Creator Organization Asheville Citizen Times
Tags Blue Ridge Parkway Association
Blue Ridge Parkway--Planning
Blue Ridge Parkway--Right-of-way
Brevard (N.C.)
Browning, R. Getty
Construction
Graham, A. H.
Grandfather Mountain (N.C.)
Kennedy, John F.
Linville Improvement Company
Morton, Hugh
National Park Service
Sanford, Terry
Tennessee
Udall, Stewart L.
Virginia
Weems, Sam P.
Wirth, Conrad L.
Credit North Carolina Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill