Driving Through Time - The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway
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Title | Wirth Holds Out The Prospect Of Uncompleted Parkway Link (Page 2 of 2) |
Date | June 4, 1962 |
Description | Reports on Director Conrad Wirth's declaration that the Grandfather Mountain route will be left incomplete until a superior route for the parkway link is agreed upon. Details Wirth's arguments for why a higher road across Grandfather Mountain is preferable; and Hugh Morton's arguments for why the previously purchased right-of-way is adequate and beneficial to local tourism. Details the historical dispute.
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Location |
Location Name: Grandfather Mountain Parkway Milepost: None
Latitude: 36.111239
Longitude: -81.8114991 |
Creator Individual | Noel Yancey |
Creator Organization | Asheville Citizen Times |
Tags |
Blue Ridge Parkway--Right-of-way
Evans, Merrill Grandfather Mountain (N.C.) Legislation Morton, Hugh National Park Service North Carolina State Highway Commission Raleigh (N.C.) Sanford, Terry Tourism Wirth, Conrad L. Yonahlossee Trail (N.C.) |
Credit | North Carolina Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |