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Title U.S. Bureau Spurns Parkway Compromise (page 2 of 2)
Date September 5, 1963
Description Continued from page 1 of 2

Newspaper article announces the National Park Service's decision to reject a compromise offered by the North Carolina State Highway Commission in the debate over the route of the Blue Ridge Parkway near Grandfather Mountain.
Location Location Name: Grandfather Mountain
Parkway Milepost: None
Latitude: 36.111239
Longitude: -81.8114991
Creator Individual David Cooper
Creator Organization Raleigh News and Observer
Tags Benson, Clifton
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Grandfather Mountain (N.C.)
Morton, Hugh
National Park Service
North Carolina State Highway Commission
Credit North Carolina Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill