Correspondence between J. R. Boyd, Jr. and Zebulon Weaver, 1932

Zebulon Weaver (1872-1948) was a lawyer and U.S. Representative from western North Carolina. He was a member of the North Carolina Park Commission and was involved in the land acquisition process that went towards establishment of the Great Smoky Mountain National Park and development of the Blue Ridge Parkway. This set of letters represent correspondence related to establishing the boundaries for the park. Following are brief summaries of each of the letters: J. R. Boyd, Jr. to Zebulon Weaver, April 18, 1932 In this letter Boyd asks Weaver to consider the issue of setting up of boundaries for the park and offers some of his own suggestions of establishing the boundaries at the mouth of the Cataloochee that would include some of the finest sceneries in the area while protecting the watershed of the Pigeon River. J. R. Boyd, Jr. to Zebulon Weaver, April 25, 1932 In this letter Boyd again urges Weaver to establish the park boundaries as the previously suggested boundaries near the mouth of the Catalooche had already been occupied by the Carolina Light and Power Company. Zebulon Weaver to J. R. Boyd, May 2, 1932 In this letter Weaver acknowledges receiving Boyd’s letter of the 25th but confesses to not clearly understanding the issue that Mr. Boyd was interested in with regards to the park boundaries. Weaver reiterated North Carolina and Tennessee’s contribution of 428000 acres for the park and he hoped the Cataloochee basin and further lands with these boundaries could be acquired by the government for park purposes