Correspondence between Roy H. McDuffie, Jr. and Zebulon Weaver, November 1933

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 correspondence--a set of two letters--between Zebulon Weaver and Roy H. McDuffie, Jr. discusses the route for the construction of the scenic Park-to-Park Highway. Roy H. McDuffie, Jr. to Zebulon Weaver, November 19, 1933 In this letter McDuffie, manager of the Mountain Meadows Inn in Asheville requests Weaver that the Skyline route or the Park-to-Park Highway be constructed in a way so to intersect the scenic Elk Mountain Highway over Sunset Mountain into Asheville. According to McDuffie the Elk Mountain highway was very well travelled with people riding past the Inn. Zebulon Weaver to Roy H. McDuffie, Jr. , November 27, 1933 In this letter Weaver assures McDuffie that the highway would necessarily have to connect with the Elk Mountain scenic highway in order to be considered a scenic route