Blue Ridge Parkway proceedings of the Blue Ridge Parkway Golden Anniversary Conference

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Buxton, Barry M.
Other Authors: Beatty, Steven M.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boone, N.C. Appalachian Consortium Press ©1986, 1986
Online Access:
Collection: JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Agriculture in the Blue Ridge Parkway / William O. Hooper
  • Benefits sought by Blue Ridge Parkway tourists / Mark Bonn
  • National concessioner policy in transition : an example from the Blue Ridge Parkway / Robert W. McLellan and Dominic Dottavio
  • Notes concerning ruins of motion machinery in the Appalachian landscape / David P. Hill
  • Student essays
  • Harvard of Celo / Kelly Elizabeth Draughn
  • Legends live on / Claudia Suzette Deyton
  • Please ... don't pick the wildflowers / Marci Ledford
  • Introduction / Barry M. Buxton
  • Keynote presentations
  • The future of the Parkway / Gary Everhardt
  • Environmental concerns and the Blue Ridge Parkway / Stewart L. Udall
  • Future initiatives of the National Park Services / William Penn Mott Jr.
  • Design and planning
  • The parkway : a uniquely American construct : is it obsolete? / Frank B. Burggraf
  • Stanley Abbott and the design of the Blue Ridge Parkway / Leslie Gignoux
  • Stanley Abbott and the design of the Blue Ridge Parkway / Douglas Swaim
  • The Blue Ridge Parkway : a catalyst for environmental design innovation / John W. Bright
  • The Blue Ridge Parkway in historical design perspective / E. Lynn Miller
  • The Linn Cove Viaduct / Jean Muller
  • Strategic planning : the means for seeing beyond 1987 / Gary W. Johnson
  • Historical
  • A new deal for the mountain folk : recollections of the resettlement administration / Gwen Russell Harvey and Alice Hoffman
  • Includes bibliographical references
  • I am a part of the Parkway, and the Parkway is a part of me / Diane K. Gentry
  • The North Carolina congressional delegation and the Blue Ridge Parkway / Philip A. Grant Jr.
  • The Blue Ridge Parkway : mileposts and more / Pamela Frye
  • The early days of parkway construction / Lester P. Lamm
  • Early Appalachian photographers / Richard A. Straw
  • Literary and folk culture
  • The road in Appalachian lore and literature / H.R. Stoneback
  • Bertha Cook, Blue Ridge National Heritage fellow / Thomas McGowan
  • Mabry Hill as metaphor / Parks Lanier
  • The folk tales of the Eastern Blue Ridge / Jody Brown and Rex Stephenson
  • The perfect work / Thomas Rain Crowe
  • Environmental and economic
  • The spirit of the Blue Ridge / Gilbert Leebrick
  • Land use attitudes of rural residents / James E. Shepherd
  • Environmental quality points / Scott S. Weinberg
  • Seasonal plant color change can give the Parkway its character / J. Dan Pitdlo