University of North Carolina at Asheville
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Box 3 - Folder 29 - BRPA Photo and Press Kit circa 1970
Box Folder Item I.D. Description Thumbnail
3 29 1 Dear Mr. Editor:

The Blue Ridge Parkway is America's most popular scenic highway. It traverses an unspoiled area world famous for natural beauty.

Actual tabulation of visitors on the Parkway by the National Park Service reveals that your area is one of the major regions from which Parkway visitors originate. That is why your publication was selected to receive one of our photo and press kits.

We are sure that when your many readers prepare their 1970 vacation plans they would find the enclosed of great interest and service.

If we can be of additional assistance, please let your wishes be known.

President

BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY ASSOCIATION

 
    2 Folder containing four stories by Michael Frome:
  • The Blue Ridge high road provides a haven for leisurely touring
  • Side Trips are part of the fun of going places in the southern hills
  • History and rural crafts recall early days in the Smokies and Blue Ridge
  • Nature lovers of all ages thrill to rare wonder on trails in the southern highlands
    3 Map showing location of the Blue Ridge Parkway in relation to eastern US.
    4
(mill0003)		 Native American craftsman, Cherokee, NC.

[The following description accompanies the photo]

OCONALUFTEE INDIAN VILLAGE, CHEROKEE, N. C.

Using flint and crude hand tools, a Cherokee warrior chips arrow and spear heads just as his for fathers did hundreds of years ago.

Indians of the Village explain the lore of the Cherokee to visitors, and answer questions about Indian life and customs.

 
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(mill0004)		 Mabry Mill, VA

[The following description accompanies the photo]

MABRY MILL, VA. - MILEPOST 176

This is one of the most interesting stops on the Blue Ridge Parkway. A visitor center, trails, an operating mill and village blacksmith shop provide Parkway visitors with working demonstrations of life in this area a century ago.

 
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(mill0005)		 Douglas Ferguson, Pigeon Forge, TN.

[The following description accompanies the photo]

GATLINBURG, TENNESSEE - CENTER OF THE CRAFT INDUSTRY

Basketry, broom making, cabinet making, candle making, pottery, stitchery, glass blowing, enamels, jewelry, shuckery, weaving, wood carving, wood furniture and other crafts are carried on, in, and around Gatlinburg for the enjoyment of millions of visitors to this travel oriented area.

Many of these crafts are being produced today by craftsmen who learned his skill from his father, who learned it from his father, and so back into the late 1700fs when the first Anglo-Saxon pioneers came into the Southern Highlands.

Douglas Ferguson is featured in this picture as he sculptures a large cub bear in his studio at nearby Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.

 
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(mill0006)		 From the Blue Ridge Parkway

[The following description accompanies the photo]

LOOKING DOWN A MILE FROM THE BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY

Numerous overlooks with well-planned parking facilities enable Parkway visitors to leave their cars in order to enjoy the spectacular scenery of the valleys and canyons a mile below.

Marked trails direct visitors to points of special interest.

 
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(mill0007)		 Blue Ridge Parkway - boat against backdrop of mountains

[The following description accompanies the photo]

VARIETY VACATIONLAND

Mile high Grandfather Mountain, N. C., lakes, and acres of rhododendron are typical points of scenic beauty to be enjoyed by Blue Ridge Parkway visitors.

 
    9 "Decalcomania" decal, 6" in diameter, "Member 1971, Blue Ridge Parkway Association". Manufactured by National Decal Corp. Philadelphia, PA. [2 decals in folder]

[See box 4, item 14b for a similar decal from 1964]
    10 Promotional leaflet "The Blue Ridge Parkway", The Blue Ridge Parkway Association, (1971). Includes a map of the Parkway, a description of the Parkway, a listing of accommodations in towns along the route and four color photographs

[See box 4, item 14b for a similar leaflet from 1964]
    11 Envelope in which (it is assumed) all of the above materials were originally mailed.