Record #:

43144

Author(s):

Averill, Graham

Abstract:

""in the mid-1930s, fueled by America's growing fascination with the automobile, President Franklin D. Roosevelt launched a massive program to cut a 469-mile road through the North Carolina and Virginia mountains. more than 80 years later, the Blue Ridge Parkway remains the most popular scenic byway in the country.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 89 Issue 5, October 2021, p122-132

Subject(s):

Blue Ridge Parkway; Pratt, Joseph Hyde, 1870-1942; Cumberland Knob Trail