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Home When the Parkway CameWhen the Parkway Came A book ~ When the Parkway Came a book for children tells how the building of the Blue Ridge Parkway affected one family – including eight yearold Jess and his sister Maggie – whose farm lay in its path Driving on the Parkway many years later Jess shows his granddaughter Ginny where the road passes through what used to be his parents’ land

When the Parkway Came Anne Mitchell Whisnant David E ~ During the Depression of the 1930s a mountain farmer sat at a small table and on lined paper torn from a childs school notebook wrote to President Franklin D Roosevelt complaining that the Blue Ridge Parkway was going to go right through the middle of his farm When the Parkway Came is based upon that letter This story tells how the building of the scenic mountaintop road affected the family of eightyearold Jess Miller

Contact Us When the Parkway CameWhen the Parkway Came ~ This website is maintained by Anne and David Whisnant authors of When the Parkway Came Much more information about our work together as consulting historians is available at our consulting website Primary Source History Services Anne’s longtime work on Blue Ridge Parkway historical topics is consolidated on her Parkway website SuperScenic Motorway A Historian’s Blue Ridge Parkway

When the Parkway Came National Parks Traveler ~ Released in conjunction with the 75th anniversary of the Blue Ridge Parkway the book is heavily illustrated with photographs pulled from across the roads history A sleepy farm reminiscent of those that existed before the road came through newspaper headlines announcing the coming of the Parkway photos of construction picnic spots that sprang up to cater to the motorists and of course some of the surrounding communities of the day that would be impacted by the massive construction

Ordering Info When the Parkway CameWhen the Parkway Came ~ viii49 pp • 55 color and bw illus Ages 7 and up ISBN13 9780984056507 • Hardcover Individuals may order books online through our Amazon storefront Morgan Creek Books As of September 2017 we no longer have a distributor to handle bookstore orders

Our Blog When the Parkway CameWhen the Parkway Came A ~ Thanks to a lovely invitation from Bill and Judy Carson we will be signing When the Parkway Came SuperScenic Motorway and David’s All That Is Native and Fine The Politics of Culture in an American Region at the Orchard at Altapass Blue Ridge Parkway milepost 328 near Little Switzerland on Saturday July 10th 2010 from 13 Come

When the Parkway Came ~ The post More reallife “When the Parkway Came” memories appeared first on When the Parkway Came More reallife “When the Parkway Came” memories Original post date June 28 2010 Thanks to a lovely invitation from Bill and Judy Carson we will be signing When the Parkway Came SuperScenic Motorway and David’s All That Is Native

Parkway Wikipedia ~ The first parkways in the United States were developed during the late 19th century by landscape architects Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux as roads that separated pedestrians bicyclists equestrians and horse carriages such as the Eastern Parkway which is credited as the worlds first parkway and Ocean Parkway in the New York City borough of Brooklyn