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1. Excavation for principal footing retaining wall
1938
2. Vicinity Map
1938
3. Rock Overcast - Cleared and Obliterated
1938
4. Private Residues in Forest Areas
1938
5. L.F. Caudill
1938
6. Rock cut at Devil's Garden
1938
7. Land Acquisition Maps Section 2-A
1938
8. Land Acquisition Maps Section 2-C
1938
9. NP 21 before planting
1938
10. Shoulder construction, High Piney Ridge in background
1938
11. Stream to be treated by standard box culvert
1938
12. Construction Bear Den Parking Overlook
1938
13. Wall at Bear Den Parking Overlook
1938
14. Little Switzerland Connection
1938
15. Alignment near inlet large culvert
1938
16. Letter from Heriot Clarkson to Francis O. Clarkson
January 4, 1938
17. Cumberland Park Pump House
January 5, 1938
18. Mahogany Rock Parking Overlook after grading
January 24, 1938
19. Cumberland Knob Slope flattening at entrance
January 24, 1938
20. South parapet, west abutment
January 24, 1938
21. Viaduct
January 24, 1938
22. South wingwall of viaduct during construction
February 15, 1938
23. Stonework on south wingwall of viaduct during construction
February 15, 1938
24. Stonework on south wingwall of viaduct during construction
February 15, 1938
25. Wildcat Rock and Lodge Parking area (proposed)
March 1938
26. Sheep Hill Brand Lodge Site and proposed water storage
March 1938
27. Rock spillage in ravine under structure, foreground
March 8, 1938
28. Excessive rock spillage in ravine from cut
March 8, 1938
29. Spillage (smaller rock above) from excavation for north abutment of viaduct
March 8, 1938
30. Base of wing wall during construction
March 8, 1938
31. Wall alignment at point where new section added
March 8, 1938
32. Extensive fill scars developing in heavy (rock) construction
March 8, 1938
33. Bridge - Grassy Gap Road
March 12, 1938
34. Picnic Table
March 12, 1938
35. Bridge - Grassy Gap Road
March 12, 1938
36. View of road
March 12, 1938
37. Picnic Table
March 12, 1938
38. Road construction to picnic area
March 12, 1938
39. Road on Top of Hills
March 12, 1938
40. The Bluff Crusher and Parkway
March 12, 1938
41. Picnic Shelter
March 28, 1938
42. Piers and south abutment during construction
March 28, 1938
43. Little Switzerland Case Heard by Mitchell Jury
April 1, 1938
44. Picnic Shelter Blueprints
April 11, 1938
45. Mt. Mitchell; game preserve below
April 19, 1938
46. Mt. Mitchell; Game Preserve Below
April 19, 1938
47. North portal of #1 tunnel
April 19, 1938
48. Front of barn as it would be seen from the parkway.
April 21, 1938
49. Barn proposed for acquisition. Note logs and shake roof.
April 21, 1938
50. Taken to show log corner detail -- underexposed
April 21, 1938
51. Devil's Garden Parking and Overlook after Grading
April 21, 1938
52. Wood tract Pierce Collins estate
April 21, 1938
53. Looking Down the Back Side of thru Rock Cut
April 25, 1938
54. Lower side thru rock cut at 335 strewn with rock due to overshooting
April 25, 1938
55. Rock overcast at lower side through rock cut
April 25, 1938
56. Rock Overcast on Lower Side thru Cut, Before Cleanup
April 25, 1938
57. Large rock fragments over cast on lower of the rock cut as a result of overshooting
April 25, 1938
58. Looking West from One of the Parking Areas South of Cumberland Knob
April 27, 1938
59. Shelter on Top of Cumberland Knob
April 27, 1938
60. Letter from Heriot Clarkson to Francis O. Clarkson
May 3, 1938
61. Wall construction Bear Den Parking Overlook
May 7, 1938
62. Example of careless blasting from cut
May 7, 1938
63. Careful and careless land use
May 7, 1938
64. View from Bear Den parking overlook
May 7, 1938
65. Forest Clearing
May 11, 1938
66. Shortoff Mt and Lake James
June 1938
67. Mt. Mitchell from Mitchell view parking overlook
June 1938
68. Looking back toward Mt. Mitchell view parking overlook site
June 1938
69. Looking back from tunnel
June 1938
70. Excavation for Special Footings - CSM Wall
June 1938
71. Proposed wall site
June 1938
72. Finish Grading
June 1938
73. Tunnel #2 looking back
June 1938
74. Viaduct
June 1938
75. CCC Camp just moving in
June 1938
76. Viaduct
June 1938
77. House Approves Parkway Items
June 9, 1938
78. Big Cut at Devil's Garden
June 14, 1938
79. Asserts Parkway to Help Property (page 2 of 2)
July 14, 1938
80. 60ft cut at Devils Garden
June 14, 1938
81. Table Rock
July 14, 1938
82. Asserts Parkway to Help Property (page 1 of 2)
July 14, 1938
83. South portal tunnel #1
June 25, 1938
84. South portal tunnel #1
June 25, 1938
85. South portal tunnel #1
June 25, 1938
86. South portal tunnel #1
June 25, 1938
87. South portal tunnel #1
June 25, 1938
88. Fill scar, slide area and overcast material
June 25, 1938
89. Fill scar area and overcast material
June 25, 1938
90. Fill scar area and overcast material
June 25, 1938
91. Fill scar, slide area, and overcast material
June 25, 1938
92. Signs near parking area
July 1, 1938
93. Water Fountain
July 1938
94. Shortoff Mountain
July 1938
95. Grade separation, south elevation
July 1938
96. Grade separation Class B masonry and concrete barrel
July 1, 1938
97. Resort Asks State to Pay $50,000 for Right-of-Way (page 1 of 2)
July 6, 1938
98. Resort Asks State to Pay $50,000 for Right-of-Way
July 6, 1938
99. Resort Asks State to Pay $50,000 for Right-of-Way (page 2 of 2)
July 6, 1938
100. Clarkson Gives Claim of Resort
July 7, 1938
101. Clarkson Gives Claim of Resort (Page 1 of 2)
July 8, 1938
102. Clarkson Gives Claim of Resort (page 2 of 2)
July 8, 1938
103. Clarkson Gives Claim of Resort (page 1 of 2)
July 8, 1938
104. Traversing Blue Ridge Parkway Across Carolina
July 10, 1938
105. Face of Wall in Woods
July 11, 1938
106. Dam site and watershed
July 11, 1938
107. Inside of wall parking area
July 11, 1938
108. Return Cabin Loop to Camping Loop
July 11, 1938
109. Bluff Park from lodge site
July 12, 1938
110. Retaining Wall Picnic Area
July 12, 1938
111. West Abutment, Overpass US 21
July 12, 1938
112. Stack Rock
July 13, 1938
113. Grandfather Mountain
July 15, 1938
114. Linville Golf Course and Village
July 15, 1938
115. Grandfather Mountain
July 15, 1938
116. Linville Valley & Boy's Camp
July 15, 1938
117. Grandfather Mountain
July 15, 1938
118. Grandfather Mountain
July 15, 1938
119. Slope on Parkway
July 16, 1938
120. Grandfather Mountain
July 18, 1938
121. Before grading. Steep, rotten rock cuts, shoulder and ditch. 2 ft short
July 25, 1938
122. Before grading. Tape used to show concave slope. Needs transition, overhand and wide rounding
July 25, 1938
123. Unpaved roadway with erosion
July 25, 1938
124. Before grading. Cleared to connect slope line, with rock as excuse for steep slope. Ugly profile.
July 25, 1938
125. Before grading. Rotten rock 1:1; ditch too narrow ugly profile.
July 25, 1938
126. Before grading. A 3/4 to 1 slope with almost vertical overhang of soft rock
July 25, 1938
127. Before grading. Cave-in on 1:1 slope. Will continue to slide unless flattened. Needs rounding.
July 25, 1938
128. Panorama 1B and 1A Plott Balsom Range
July 26, 1938
129. Burkes Creek Fire Tower near Big Witch Creek
July 26, 1938
130. Black Rock Mt on Plott Balsam Range From tower near Soco Bald
July 26, 1938
131. Water Rock Knob
July 26, 1938
132. Clingman Drive Center from Tower near Soco Bald
July 26, 1938
133. Devils Court House
July 27, 1938
134. Looking glass falls
July 27, 1938
135. Falls along NC road
July 27, 1938
136. Falls along NC road
July 27, 1938
137. From Devils Courthouse - Showing Rocky Mt., Chimney Gap Mt., and Sheep Cliff Mt.
July 27, 1938
138. Jones Knob-Waterrock in distance
July 27, 1938
139. Clarkson Gives Claim of Resort (Page 2 of 2)
July 28, 1938
140. Excavating through rock for culvert
July 28, 1938
141. Letter from Francis O. Clarkson to J. C. B. Ehringhaus
July 28, 1938
142. Overpass Site
July 29, 1938
143. Letter from Heriot Clarkson to Francis O. Clarkson
July 30, 1938
144. Mass Meeting Resolutions (Page 2 of 3)
August 1, 1938
145. Site for proposed parking area
August 1, 1938
146. Mass Meeting Resolutions (Page 1 of 3)
August 1, 1938
147. Mass Meeting Resolutions (Page 3 of 3)
August 1, 1938
148. Washout at headwall. Shows need of different type of structure.
August 1, 1938
149. Letter from Heriot Clarkson to Francis O. Clarkson
August 3, 1938
150. Clarksons Reply in Parkway Case
August 3, 1938
151. Clarksons Reply in Parkway Case
August 3, 1938
152. Letter from Heriot Clarkson to Francis O. Clarkson
August 10, 1938
153. Construction of Camp Creek Bridge
August 12, 1938
154. Shovel working on top of 100' cut
August 16, 1938
155. Construction of overpass U.S. 221
August 16, 1938
156. Construction of U.S. 221 overpass from state highway
August 16, 1938
157. Bear Den Cliff at proposed revision
August 16, 1938
158. Shovel working on top of 100' cut
August 16, 1938
159. Dunlap Sets Up Censorship of All Highway Personnel
August 16, 1938
160. Board of Appraisers Appointed in Land Company Suit Against State
August 25, 1938
161. Overpass Structure
August 28, 1938
162. Example of good alignment without layout but with good inspection parapet wall
August 31, 1939
163. Example of good alignment without layout but with good inspection
August 31, 1939
164. Example of Effective Holding In, or Fill by Laying Fill
August 31, 1939
165. Trial by Pamphlet
September 1, 1938
166. Issue of 'Ethics' Raised in Case
September 1, 1938
167. Under the Dome
September 1, 1938
168. Parkway Route Given Approval
September 2, 1938
169. Letter from Heriot Clarkson to Francis O. Clarkson
September 3, 1938
170. Letter from Heriot Clarkson to Francis O. Clarkson
September 4, 1938
171. The Political Pinwheel
September 6, 1938
172. Letter from Frank Daniels to W. Ray Deal
September 7, 1938
173. Overpass structure 2b-3 North Elevation Bridge over US 221 Roaring Gap
September 8, 1938
174. Letter from Francis O. Clarkson to the Editor of the News & Observer
September 14, 1938
175. Letter from Jonathan Daniels to Francis O. Clarkson
September 15, 1938
176. Letter from Heriot Clarkson to Francis O. Clarkson
September 17, 1938
177. Letter from Heriot Clarkson to Francis O. Clarkson
September 18, 1938
178. Little Switzerland Again
September 18, 1938
179. Letter from W. Ray Deal to Frank Daniels
September 19, 1938
180. Letter from Francis O. Clarkson to Jonathan Daniels
September 20, 1938
181. The Little Switzerland Case
September 22, 1938
182. Letter from W. W. Watt to Heriot Clarkson
September 23, 1938
183. Construction Unit Water Storage North End of Dam
September 28, 1938
184. Water Storage Tank, Cabin Area
September 28, 1938
185. Clearing for Water Supply Reservoir
September 28, 1938
186. Letter from Heriot Clarkson to Francis O. Clarkson
September 28, 1938
187. Entrance road to lodge site
September 28, 1938
188. A Plea for Simple Justice
October 1938
189. Slope before grading. Showing steep over-burden and talus concealing rock. Ledges before grading.
October 1938
190. Slope during grading
October 1938
191. Slope during grading
October 1938
192. Slope during grading
October 1938
193. Tunnel #1 cut during excavation
October 1938
194. Switzerland Company Wins in Legal Tilt
October 1938
195. Tunnel #1 cut during excavation
October 1938
196. Slope during grading
October 1938
197. Judge Rousseau Overrules Motion for Delay in Little Switerland Land Suit
October 1938
198. Cut before grading
October 2, 1938
199. Northwest elevation showing grading.
October 3, 1938
200. Letter from Heriot Clarkson to Francis O. Clarkson
October 3, 1938
201. Letter from Heriot Clarkson to Walter W. Watt
October 3, 1938
202. Fill before grading
October 4, 1938
203. Cut before grading
October 4, 1938
204. Fill Before Grading
October 6, 1938
205. Telegram from Francis O. Clarkson to John C. McBee
October 11, 1938
206. Spandrel Wall - Rubble wing wall and concrete vault
October 18, 1938
207. Expansion joints at junction of spandrel and wing walls
October 18, 1938
208. Southwest wing and Spandrel Wall Masonry, under men to be removed because of stacking
October 18, 1938
209. Before grading operation and clean-up, looking north
October 18, 1938
210. Letter from Francis O. Clarkson to the Editor of the Charlotte Observer
October 20, 1938
211. Parkway Suit is Dismissed
October 20, 1938
212. Letter from Heriot Clarkson to Francis O. Clarkson
October 21, 1938
213. Clarkson Explains Switzerland Suit
October 21, 1938
214. Cut before grading
October 21, 1938
215. Telegram from Heriot Clarkson to Julian S. Miller
October 21, 1938
216. Cut before grading
October 21, 1938
217. Cut before grading
October 21, 1938
218. Cut before grading
October 21, 1938
219. Letter from Francis O. Clarkson to Julian Miller
October 24, 1938
220. Existing building on top of Sharp Top, taken from highest point
October 29, 1938
221. Peaks of Otter Existing Overnight Cabins and Collection Gate
October 29, 1938
222. Fire tower and building on top of Sharp Top
October 29, 1938
223. Thunder and Lightening [sic] Over Little Switzerland
November 1938
224. Letter from Heriot Clarkson to Carol D. Taliaferro
November 3, 1938
225. Mt Mitchell and Roan Mt from Mt. Mitchell View Overlook
November 5, 1938
226. North end of former tunnel
November 5, 1938
227. Mt Mitchell and Roan Mt from Mt Mitchell view overlook
November 5, 1938
228. Fill, before grading
November 7, 1938
229. Cut, before grading
November 11, 1938
230. Fill, before grading
November 7, 1938
231. North end of former tunnel
November 8, 1938
232. Letter from Heriot Clarkson to Francis O. Clarkson
November 19, 1938
233. Letter from Heriot Clarkson to Francis O. Clarkson
November 21, 1938
234. Cut before grading, looking back
November 22, 1938
235. Cut before grading, looking back
November 22, 1938
236. Cut before grading, looking back
November 22, 1938
237. After Cleanup of Excessive Overcast Material
November 29, 1938
238. After clean-up of excessive overcast material
November 29, 1938
239. Excessive overcast yardage from bench cut in rock
December 1938
240. Before Grading
December 1938
241. Excessive overcast yardage from bench cut in rock, looking down from shoulder
December 1938
242. Before grading
December 1938
243. Before grading
December 1938
244. Before grading
December 1938
245. Before grading
December 1938
246. Letter from Francis O. Clarkson to Ira M. Hardy
December 4, 1938
247. Push Work on 160-Miles Parkway Link
December 11, 1938
248. Clarkson Road Damage $27,111
December 12, 1938
249. Letter from President of the Switzerland Company to Earle Godbey (Page 2 of 2)
December 12, 1938
250. Slope before L.D. grading
December 12, 1938
251. Slope during L.D. grading
December 12, 1938
252. Switzerland Land Company Awarded About $29,000 in Net Damages in Suit
December 15, 1938
253. Before grading. Looking back across Hare Mill Pond
December 15, 1938
254. Note on the Mountains (page 2 of 2)
December 15, 1938
255. Note on the Mountains (page 1 of 2)
December 15, 1938
256. High cuts thru wooded area. During selective cutting.
December 15, 1938
257. State to Resist Clarkson Claims (page 2 of 2)
December 17, 1938
258. State to Resist Clarkson Claims (page 1 of 2)
December 17, 1938
259. Claims
December 22, 1938
260. Letter from President of the Switzerland Company to Capus M. Waynick (Page 1 of 2)
December 26, 1938
261. Letter from President of the Switzerland Company to Capus M. Waynick (Page 2 of 2)
December 26, 1938
262. Letter from President of the Switzerland Company to Earle Godbey (Page 1 of 2)
December 26, 1938
263. Letter from Francis O. Clarkson to E. B. Jeffress
December 26, 1938
264. Letter from Heriot Clarkson to J. Allen Austin
December 28, 1938
265. Letter from Francis O. Clarkson to E. B. Jeffress
December 28, 1938
266. Letter from G. T. Carswell to J. A. McMillan (Page 3 of 3)
December 28, 1938
267. Letter from G. T. Carswell to J. A. McMillan (Page 2 of 3)
December 28, 1938
268. Letter from G. T. Carswell to J. A. McMillan (Page 1 of 3)
December 28, 1938
269. Letter from J. Allen Austin to Heriot Clarkson
December 29, 1938
270. Letter from Heriot Clarkson to John C. McBee
December 30, 1938
271. Letter from Heriot Clarkson to J. Allen Austin
December 30, 1938
272. Letter from Heriot Clarkson to Francis O. Clarkson
December 30, 1938
273. Letter from Heriot Clarkson to Walter C. Berry
December 30, 1938

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