Record #:

30360

Author(s):

Not Given

Abstract:

Travel to the most visited tourist attractions in North Carolina--the Blue Ridge Parkway and Great Smoky Mountains National Parkway--have exceeded 6,000,000 persons in 1953. This new record exceeded 1952 by over 700,000 visitors.

Source:

We the People of North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 11 Issue 9, February 1954, p15, 27

Subject(s):

Travel--North Carolina; Blue Ridge Parkway; Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.)

Record #:

32395

Author(s):

Sink, E. Carl

Abstract:

Author Carl Sink outlines a wide variety of things to do and see in the mountains of North Carolina in the spring and summer of 1948. Dozens of new sites and activities have been added with an increase in motel accommodations, road improvements and increased access to natural areas.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 15 Issue 48, May 1948, p3-4, il

Subject(s):

Vacations--North Carolina, Western; Mountains--Recreational use; Blue Ridge Parkway; Nantahala National Forest; Pisgah National Forest