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36260
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Many businesses in Swain and Jackson County prepared for potential tourist influx and ensuring economic impact generated by that year’s solar eclipse. From it were hotels offering special lodging packages and hotels in towns such as Sylva anticipating lodging inventory sell-out.
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34173
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The North Carolina Environmental Management Commission reached a compromise on a proposal to reclassify part of Alarka Creek in Swain County to “outstanding resource waters.” The Alarka Creek reclassification presented a unique case of natural resource management involving sole ownership of the entire drainage area, potential economic development, and the protection of valuable resources. The commission will reconsider rules prohibiting marina construction in certain coastal areas.
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13168
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Comprising 60,000 acres and inhabited by 10,000 individuals, Swain County is the state's most visited region. Containing the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the Cherokee Reservation, Nantahala Gorge, Blue Ridge Parkway, Nantahala National Forest, and Fontana Lake, Swain County is a mountainous region. First explored in 1795 and mapped in 1858, Swain is a diverse locality containing natural wonders as well as agriculture, manufacturing, and measured progress.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 22 Issue 5, July 1954, p18-26, il
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