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Shenandoah National Park on Blue Ridge urged by committee
The Work committee recommends Shenandoah as the first eastern national park, arguing the Blue Ridge site near Virginia offers prime scenery and access from Washington. It praises the Appalachian landscape, notes potential for a second park in the Great Smokies, and urges congressional action with funding and a commission to manage purchase and preservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dickinson
Sherman
Henandoah National Park
Congress
Blue Ridge
Virginia
Work
Appalachians
Shenandoah
Lee Highway
Park
Washington Monument
Shenandoah National Park
National Park
Southern
Uncle Sam
Tf Congress
Latiyette
Congress National Park
Cea Haan Yan
National Piark Service
Appal Techs National Park
Séc- Petare Warth
Interior Department
Appalachian
Mount Mitchell
North Carolina
Gregg
Temple
Smith
Welsh
Kelsey
Henry W. Temple
Pennsylvania
Appalachian Club of
Boston
Georgia
Tennessee
West Virginia
Alabama
Kentucky
Emoky
Mt. Quyot
Mt. LeConte
Clingmana Dome
Gregory Bald
Great Smoky Mountains
Valleya
United States
Shenandoah’ Valley
Shenandoah “Valley
Piedmont Plain
National Capitol
Great Smokies
John D. Sherman
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Women of America
General Federation
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
National
America
Stony Man
Great Fork
Governor Spottswood
Knights of the Horseshoe
Shenandoah Valley