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Title Discussions Open Today On 190-Mile Extension to Blue Ridge Parkway
Date December 11, 1966
Description Congressmen gather in Highlands, NC to discuss plans to extend the parkway into Georgia, requiring right-of-way from the Georgia legislature.
Location Location Name: Highlands
Parkway Milepost: None
Creator Individual John Parris
Creator Organization Asheville Citizen Times
Tags Beech Gap (N.C.)
Blue Ridge Parkway--Right-of-way
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Extension of Blue Ridge Parkway (Georgia)
Landrum, Phil M. (Phil Mitchell)
Taylor, Roy A.
Weems, Sam P.
Credit North Carolina Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill