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

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  • ZEBULON WEAVER IOTH DISTRICT NORTH CAROLINA Congress of tfje ^Hntteb States ?|ottge of &epre*entattoefii Ifehtngton, JB. C. May 2, 1932. Mr. J. R. Boyd, Jr., Route f3m Waynesville, H. C. Dear Mr. Boyd: I hare your letter of the 25th. I am not sure, however, that I yet quite understand the situation in which you are interested. In the original plans in regard to the Park the Secretary jf the Interior did outline a boundary containing approximately seven hundred and our thousand acres, which would be eligible and acceptable for park purposes. However, under the act authorizing the 7ark it was provided that when the two states, North Carolina and Tennessees, should acquire and turn over a minimum of four hundred and twenty - eight thousand acres that this would be taken over by the Gov ernment aad developed. Of course, the two states now are interested only in securing this four hundred and twenty-eight thousand acres which they will soon have. I hope we will soon have the Cataloochee basin ready to turn over to the Governraent. fluiiter Libranj Without maps before me I do not recall just how the seven hundred and Sour thousand acre boundary line ran. The Park Service, however, is making up e new msp and I will send you one of these just as soon as I can get them. After the total four hundred and twenty-eight thousand acres is acquired it will then be a question as to what the National Government can do in acquiring any additional area. This is not now being considered but will, of course, in the future come up. However, the outlines of this potential boundary will be set out and I hope in the future the Federal Government willbe able to acquire additional lands within that boundary. We did enter into a contract at one tine with the Boyce interests for their lands, to which you refer, but were never able to consumate it because of the fact that these pipe lines, tunnels, etc. were outstanding. I think we had an agreement with them to buy this area for three dollars per acre. This, however, would have been in addition to the two hundred and fourteen thousand acres representing North Carolina's pert of the four hundred and twentyheight thousand.
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  • 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.

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