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June 2018

These Civilian Conservation Corps workers, circa 1940, loaded large trees into what would become Doughton Park, between mileposts 237 and 248.

Protecting A Vision And A Fine Planning Hand

A look at the original Blue Ridge Parkway landscape architect, Stanley Abbott.
Helen and Julia Smith

Guardians of the Blooms

Helen and Julia Smith spent a quarter century documenting the wildflowers along the Blue Ridge Parkway on slides and in notebooks, eventually influencing the Parkway to change its mowing practices to preserve the blooms.
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Brown Mountain Lights

Cherokee maidens in search of fallen warriors? The souls of a slain mother and child? A war hero in search of his family? Let's go find out.
While World War II raged, they restored the mill. From left: A.N. Hylton, C.A. Goad, Scott, Ken McCarter.

Mabry Mill: The History of A Twice Saved Beauty On The Parkway

The most-photographed spot along the 470 miles of the Blue Ridge Parkway was nearly lost before the roadway was built. And then again even after it was decided to save it. Old Ed Mabry would sure stand proud at what's happened to his mill.
A dedication to the memory of artist Ben Long's grandfather, the 12' x 27' fresco was completed in 1977.

The Blue Ridge Mountain Frescoes of Ashe County, N.C.

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Casually cruising to Claytor Lake in southwest Virginia, I felt like I had come home – back to where it

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