Blue Ridge Parkway

1. Untitled
20th Century

2. CCC Camp
1930s

3. Park Resort Plan Sought By Cammerer
May 6, 1934

4. Looking Down the Back Side of thru Rock Cut
April 25, 1938

5. Parkway Funds Will Be Sought
February 5, 1939

6. Letter from Heriot Clarkson to Francis O. Clarkson
February 27, 1939

7. Pete Collenicu Adm. Ass. now with Lowe's N. Wilksboro, NC
1940s

8. National Park Service Organizational Chart
May 1, 1940

9. 12' x 12' Box Culvert at Station 347
July 27, 1940

10. Blowing Rock Town power dam broken by rains of Aug 13, 1940
August 17, 1940

11. Fire Tool Box
1941

12. $746,925 Parkway Project Started Monday at Soco Gap
March 27, 1941

13. Parkway Travel Fee to be Added in May
April 23, 1942

14. Land plowed for corn. S.J. Miller lease. Looking north on pkwy.
Spring 1944

15. Weaver Explains Parkway Project
March 31, 1946

16. Parkway Near Cumberland Knob
June 1946

17. Interpretive sign for Caudill Cabin at Wildcat Rocks overlook
April 1947

18. Moses H. Cone Memorial Park, Parkway Craft Center
September 1948

19. New Access Sign Location Erected May 1949
June 30, 1949

20. Ranger Residence
May 15, 1955

21. Ranger Residence
May 25, 1955

22. Pisgah National Forest Sign
March 12, 1957

23. Parkway Proposal To Curb Tourism?
March 29, 1962

24. 57-Mile Parkway Link To Be Pushed (Page 1 of 2)
July 16, 1958

25. Shouts Of Opposition Greet Toll Plan For Blue Ridge Parkway: Legislation Introduced To Halt Idea (Page 2 of 2)
February 28, 1958

26. Parkway Route Left To SHC
June 29, 1962

27. Shouts Of Opposition Greet Toll Plan For Blue Ridge Parkway: Legislation Introduced To Halt Idea (Page 1 of 2)
February 28, 1958

28. 57-Mile Parkway Link To Be Pushed (Page 2 of 2)
July 16, 1958

29. Firm Here Issues Guide For Parkway Travelers
August 18, 1960

30. Action Urged on Parkway Link (Page 1 of 2)
March 27, 1962

31. Action Urged on Parkway Link (Page 2 of 2)
March 27, 1962

32. Blue Ridge Parkway Construction Plans Include Asheville Section: Congress' Approval Is Anticipated
January 24, 1962

33. Completion Dates Of Parkway Links Revealed
October 11, 1959

34. Highlands Attractions Assn. Backs Morton
March 28, 1962

35. The Case Against Parkway Fees
March 15, 1958

36. Oral History Interviews with Stanley Abbott, 1958
1958

37. Parkway Construction for $235,659 Okayed
July 13, 1961

38. Word Battle is Waged for Parkway Concession
August 11, 1961

39. Secretary Udall addressing Waterrock Knob Dedication
August 18, 1961

40. Director Wirth Addressing Waterrock Knob Dedication
August 18, 1961

41. Wm. Medford, Chairman, N. C. Park, Parkway & Forest Development Commission, Addressing Waterrock Knob Dedication
August 18, 1961

42. Orville Hodges, Secretary of Commerce at Waterrock Knob Dedication
August 18, 1961

43. Parkway
March 7, 1962

44. Morton Claims Park Service Trying to 'Steal' Mountain
March 8, 1962

45. State Backs Morton In Parkway Row
April 18, 1962

46. Two Sides
May 18, 1962

47. Wirth Holds Out The Prospect Of Uncompleted Parkway Link (Page 1 of 2)
June 4, 1962

48. Wirth Holds Out The Prospect Of Uncompleted Parkway Link (Page 2 of 2)
June 4, 1962

49. Nature Walk - Lee Dillon
July 24, 1963

50. Nature Walk - Lee Dillon
July 24, 1963

51. U.S. Bureau Spurns Parkway Compromise (page 1 of 2)
September 5, 1963

52. U.S. Bureau Spurns Parkway Compromise (page 2 of 2)
September 5, 1963

53. Missing Link and a Udall Turn
September 8, 1963

54. Taylor Gains Against Toll Charges Plan
October 10, 1963

55. After 11 Years, Morton Is Still King Of Grandfather Mountain (Page 1 of 2)
October 27, 1963

56. After 11 Years, Morton Is Still King Of Grandfather Mountain (Page 2 of 2)
October 27, 1963

57. Early End Seen to Controversy
October 27, 1963

58. Glen T. Bean Assistant Superintendent
December 1963

59. Morton Bows Out of Parkway Row
April 11, 1964

60. Compromise Route For Parkway Backed
December 23, 1964

61. State Is Holding Title To Middle Right-Of-Way Across Grandfather Mtn.
January 28, 1965

62. Mortons Give Property for Highway Route
January 28, 1965

63. Roads Over Grandfather
October 24, 1965

64. Parkway Battle Is 27 Years Old (Page 1 of 2)
April 28, 1966

65. Parkway Battle Is 27 Years Old (Page 2 of 2)
April 28, 1966

66. National Location A National Trust
April 30, 1966

67. Grandfather Route For Parkway Is Set (Page 2 of 2)
May 21, 1966

68. Grandfather Route For Parkway Is Set (Page 1 of 2)
May 21, 1966

69. Park Service OK's 'Middle Route' on Morton's Mountain (page 1 of 2)
May 21, 1966

70. Park Service OK's 'Middle Route' on Morton's Mountain (page 2 of 2)
May 21, 1966

71. Taylor Wins Small Battle On Parkway
January 19, 1967

72. Blue Ridge Parkway Extension Approved
June 22, 1967

73. Dedication Ceremonies, E.B. Jeffress Park, Dir Herzog, speaker
June 27, 1968

74. 10 Millionth Visitor Ceremony
October 29, 1968

75. 10 Millionth Visitor Ceremony
October 29, 1968

76. 10 Millionth Visitor Ceremony
October 29, 1968

77. 10 Millionth Visitor Ceremony
October 29, 1968

78. Mountain Property Donated to Parkway
June 19, 1969

79. Ranger Activities
1970s

80. Groups Fighting Parkway, TVA Plan
November 30, 1970

81. National Park Centennial
1972

82. National Park Centennial
1972

83. National Park Centennial
1972

84. National Park Centennial
1972

85. National Park Centennial
1972

86. National Park Centennial
1972

87. National Park Centennial
1972

88. National Park Centennial
1972

89. National Park Centennial
1972

90. National Park Centennial
1972

91. National Park Centennial
1972

92. National Park Centennial
1972

93. National Park Centennial
1972

94. National Park Centennial
1972

95. National Park Centennial
1972

96. National Park Centennial
1972

97. National Park Centennial
1972

98. National Park Centennial
1972

99. Parkway Celebration Is Today
June 30, 1972

100. National Parks Sub-Committee Field Trip
August 6, 1973

101. Ranger giving directions to Jimmy Reed
August 6, 1973

102. Ranger Willie McDaniel Giving out travel folders
August 6, 1973

103. Ranger Willie McDaniel Giving out travel folders
August 6, 1973

104. Ranger Willie McDaniel Giving out travel folders
August 6, 1973

105. Car off Mountain
July 4, 1974

106. Car Off Mountain
July 4, 1974

107. David Barlow-Ranger-Talking with summer employees
July 15, 1974

108. David Barlow, Ranger, Talking with summer employees
July 15, 1974

109. Dave Barlow talking about rocks
August 12, 1974

110. Dave Barlow talking about rocks
August 12, 1974

111. Blue Ridge Parkway booth at Mountain Living Show at Asheville Civic Center
February 14, 1976

112. Andrew R. Kardos
April 1977

113. Robert G. Bruce - Naturalist
April 1977

114. Robert G. Bruce - Naturalist
April 1977

115. Exhibit
May 1977

116. Exhibit
May 1977

117. Exhibit
May 1977

118. Exhibit
May 1977

119. Exhibit
May 1977

120. Park Service Personnel at work (taken by request for G. Stork)
October 18, 1977

121. Park Service Personnel at work (taken by request for G. Stork)
October 18, 1977

122. Park Service Personnel at work (taken by request for G. Stork)
October 18, 1977

123. Park Service Personnel at work (taken by request for G. Stork)
October 18, 1977

124. Taping Road Barriers
October 25, 1977

125. Color Traffic Time
October 13, 1978

126. Color Time Traffic
October 13, 1978

127. Plane Crash
October 16, 1978

128. Plane Crash
October 16, 1978

129. Plane Crash
October 16, 1978

130. Plane Crash
October 16, 1978

131. Plane Crash
October 16, 1978

132. Plane Crash
October 16, 1978

133. Plane Crash
October 16, 1978

134. Plane Crash
October 16, 1978

135. Plane Crash
October 16, 1978

136. Plane Crash - Rangers Mike Dillard & Fred Gibson
October 16, 1978

137. Plane Crash - Rangers Mike Dillard & Fred Gibson
October 16, 1978

138. James Howard Parr (chief Ranger)
1990s

139. Vanishing Vistas (page 1 of 2)
January 24, 1993

140. Vanishing Vistas (page 2 of 2)
January 24, 1993

141. Parkway Celebrates 60 Years (page 2 of 2)
September 11, 1995

142. Parkway Celebrates 60 Years (page 1 of 2)
September 11, 1995

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