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In 1924, a group of wealthy Virginians applied to have the Blue Ridge Mountains designated a National Park. On the application, they wrote that the area was "pristine and free of human habitation". This was simply not true, and when the park was eventually built, some five hundred families were made to leave their homes in the mountains.
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In 1924, a group of wealthy Virginians applied to have the Blue Ridge Mountains designated a National Park. On the application, they wrote that the area was "pristine and free of human habitation". This was simply not true, and when the park was eventually built, some five hundred families were made to leave their homes in the mountains.
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