Record #:

24483

Author(s):

West, John Foster

Abstract:

The Blue Ridge Parkway was not the first scenic road in the region. Dr. Joseph Pratt (1870-1942) mapped the Crest of the Blue Ridge Highway, a route planned in 1909 that went along much of the southern spine of the Blue Ridge.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 45 Issue 8, January 1978, p10-11, il, por

Subject(s):

Blue Ridge Parkway; Blue Ridge Parkway--History; Blue Ridge Parkway--Description and travel; Pratt, Joseph Hyde, 1870-1942