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Alcatraz was one of the United States' most notorious prisons -- isolated on an island and surrounded by sharks. Check out this HowStuffWorks podcast to learn more about the fact and fiction surrounding escape attempts at Alcatraz.

Did someone really escape from Alcatraz?

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The Blue Ridge Parkway is the longest roadway in the U.S. that was planned as a single unit. Its origin is connected to government efforts to provide relief from the Great Depression, and conservation of the Blue Ridge Mountains.  

Research:
"Restoring Western North Carolina's Infrastructure: NCDOT Receives $250 Million in Federal Emergency Relief Funds." National Law Review, 21 Feb. 2025. Gale Academic OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A828346450/GPS?u=mlin_n_melpub&sid=bookmark-GPS&xid=b22cedc8. Accessed 12 May 2025.
"The Blue Ridge Parkway." NCpedia. Accessed on May 14th, 2025. https://www.ncpedia.org/anchor/blue-ridge-parkway.
“Report In Full of Secretary Work’s Appalachian National Park Committee. “National Parks and Conservation Magazine.” 1924-11-25: Iss 42. https://archive.org/details/sim_national-parks_1924-11-25_42/page/n5/
Averill, Graham. “The Blue Ridge Parkway: A Monumental Drive.” Our State. 9/27/2021. https://www.ourstate.com/the-blue-ridge-parkway-a-monumental-drive/
Buxton, Barry. “Blue Ridge Parkway: Agent of Transition.” Proceedings of the Blue Ridge Parkway Golden Anniversary Conference. Appalachian Consortium Press/Boone, North Carolina. 1986.
Coutant, Linda. “Helene Recovery, 7 Months After the Storm.” National Parks Conservation Association. 4/26/2025. https://www.npca.org/articles/8198-helene-recovery-7-months-after-the-storm
Coutant, Linda. “Helene: Facing Loss and the Blue Ridge Parkway’s ‘Most Tremendous Challenge’.” National Parks Conservation Association. https://www.npca.org/articles/5459-helene-facing-loss-and-the-blue-ridge-parkway-s-most-tremendous-challenge
“Driving Through Time: The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway.” https://docsouth.unc.edu/blueridgeparkway/
Jolley, Harley E., “Blue Ridge Parkway: The First 50 Years,” Appalachian State University Libraries Digital Collections, accessed May 14, 2025, https://omeka.library.appstate.edu/items/show/43667.
Landis, Mark. “This 5,600-mile highway route was created to see 12 national parks in the West.” The Sun. 6/13/2022. https://www.sbsun.com/2022/06/13/this-5600-mile-highway-route-was-created-to-see-12-national-parks-in-the-west/
Mitchell, Anne V. “Culture, History, and Development on the Qualla Boundary: The Eastern Cherokees and the Blue Ridge Parkway, 1935-40.” Appalachian Journal , WINTER 1997, Vol. 24, No. 2. Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/40933835
National Park Service. “Blue Ridge Parkway: Virginia and North Carolina.” From Highways in Harmony online books exhibit. https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/hih/blue_ridge/index.htm
Roberts, Brett G. “Returning the Land: Native Americans and National Parks.” Ave Maria Law Review 148 (Spring, 2023). https://www.avemarialaw.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/v21.Roberts.final38.pdf
Speer, Jean Haskell. “’Hillbilly Sold Here’: Appalachian Folk Culture and Parkway Tourism.” From Parkways: Past, Present and Future. International Linear Parks Conference. Appalachian State University. (1987). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1xp3kv8.33
S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration. “America's Highways 1776-1976.” U.S. Government Printing Office. https://archive.org/details/AmericasHighways1776-1976
Whisnant, Anne Mitchel. “Routing the Parkway, 1934.” Driving Through Time. DocSouth. https://docsouth.unc.edu/blueridgeparkway/overlooks/competing_routes/#footnote9
Whisnant, Anne Mitchell. “A Capsule History of the Blue Ridge Parkway.” Appalachian Voice. 10/11/2017. https://appvoices.org/2017/10/11/a-capsule-history-of-the-blue-ridge-parkway/
Whisnant, Anne Mitchell. “Super-Scenic Motorway: A Blue Ridge Parkway History.” University of North Carolina Press. 2006.
Zeller, Thomas. “Consuming Landscapes: What We See When We Drive and Why It Matters.” Johns Hopkins University Press. 2022. https://dx.doi.org/10.1353/book.103002

The Blue Ridge Parkway is the longest roadway in the U.S. that was planned as a single unit. Its origin is connected to government efforts to provide relief from the Great Depression, and conservation of the Blue Ridge Mountains. &nbsp;
Research:
<ul>
<li>"Restoring Western North Carolina's Infrastructure: NCDOT Receives $250 Million in Federal Emergency Relief Funds." National Law Review, 21 Feb. 2025. Gale Academic OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A828346450/GPS?u=mlin_n_melpub&amp;sid=bookmark-GPS&amp;xid=b22cedc8. Accessed 12 May 2025.</li>
<li>"The Blue Ridge Parkway." NCpedia. Accessed on May 14th, 2025. https://www.ncpedia.org/anchor/blue-ridge-parkway.</li>
<li>&ldquo;Report In Full of Secretary Work&rsquo;s Appalachian National Park Committee. &ldquo;National Parks and Conservation Magazine.&rdquo; 1924-11-25: Iss 42. https://archive.org/details/sim_national-parks_1924-11-25_42/page/n5/</li>
<li>Averill, Graham. &ldquo;The Blue Ridge Parkway: A Monumental Drive.&rdquo; Our State. 9/27/2021. https://www.ourstate.com/the-blue-ridge-parkway-a-monumental-drive/</li>
<li>Buxton, Barry. &ldquo;Blue Ridge Parkway: Agent of Transition.&rdquo; Proceedings of the Blue Ridge Parkway Golden Anniversary Conference. Appalachian Consortium Press/Boone, North Carolina. 1986.</li>
<li>Coutant, Linda. &ldquo;Helene Recovery, 7 Months After the Storm.&rdquo; National Parks Conservation Association. 4/26/2025. https://www.npca.org/articles/8198-helene-recovery-7-months-after-the-storm</li>
<li>Coutant, Linda. &ldquo;Helene: Facing Loss and the Blue Ridge Parkway&rsquo;s &lsquo;Most Tremendous Challenge&rsquo;.&rdquo; National Parks Conservation Association. https://www.npca.org/articles/5459-helene-facing-loss-and-the-blue-ridge-parkway-s-most-tremendous-challenge</li>
<li>&ldquo;Driving Through Time: The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway.&rdquo; https://docsouth.unc.edu/blueridgeparkway/</li>
<li>Jolley, Harley E., &ldquo;Blue Ridge Parkway: The First 50 Years,&rdquo; Appalachian State University Libraries Digital Collections, accessed May 14, 2025, https://omeka.library.appstate.edu/items/show/43667.</li>
<li>Landis, Mark. &ldquo;This 5,600-mile highway route was created to see 12 national parks in the West.&rdquo; The Sun. 6/13/2022. https://www.sbsun.com/2022/06/13/this-5600-mile-highway-route-was-created-to-see-12-national-parks-in-the-west/</li>
<li>Mitchell, Anne V. &ldquo;Culture, History, and Development on the Qualla Boundary: The Eastern Cherokees and the Blue Ridge Parkway, 1935-40.&rdquo; Appalachian Journal , WINTER 1997, Vol. 24, No. 2. Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/40933835</li>
<li>National Park Service. &ldquo;Blue Ridge Parkway: Virginia and North Carolina.&rdquo; From Highways in Harmony online books exhibit. https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/hih/blue_ridge/index.htm</li>
<li>Roberts, Brett G. &ldquo;Returning the Land: Native Americans and National Parks.&rdquo; Ave Maria Law Review 148 (Spring, 2023). https://www.avemarialaw.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/v21.Roberts.final38.pdf</li>
<li>Speer, Jean Haskell. &ldquo;&rsquo;Hillbilly Sold Here&rsquo;: Appalachian Folk Culture and Parkway Tourism.&rdquo; From Parkways: Past, Present and Future. International Linear Parks Conference. Appalachian State University. (1987). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1xp3kv8.33</li>
<li>S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration. &ldquo;America's Highways 1776-1976.&rdquo; U.S. Government Printing Office. https://archive.org/details/AmericasHighways1776-1976</li>
<li>Whisnant, Anne Mitchel. &ldquo;Routing the Parkway, 1934.&rdquo; Driving Through Time. DocSouth. https://docsouth.unc.edu/blueridgeparkway/overlooks/competing_routes/#footnote9</li>
<li>Whisnant, Anne Mitchell. &ldquo;A Capsule History of the Blue Ridge Parkway.&rdquo; Appalachian Voice. 10/11/2017. https://appvoices.org/2017/10/11/a-capsule-history-of-the-blue-ridge-parkway/</li>
<li>Whisnant, Anne Mitchell. &ldquo;Super-Scenic Motorway: A Blue Ridge Parkway History.&rdquo; University of North Carolina Press. 2006.</li>
<li>Zeller, Thomas. &ldquo;Consuming Landscapes: What We See When We Drive and Why It Matters.&rdquo; Johns Hopkins University Press. 2022. https://dx.doi.org/10.1353/book.103002</li>
</ul>

The Blue Ridge Parkway is the longest roadway in the U.S. that was planned as a single unit. Its origin is connected to government efforts to provide relief from the Great Depression, and conservation of the Blue Ridge Mountains.  

Blue Ridge Parkway

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Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park is a scenic road tied to the “See America First” movement of the early 20th century. The acquisition of land for the project was difficult, and displaced many families from their homes.

Research:
Harrison, Sarah Georgia. “The Skyline Drive: A Western Park Road in the East.” From Parkways: Past, Present and Future. International Linear Parks Conference. Appalachian State University. (1987). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1xp3kv8.13
Jolley, Harley E., “Blue Ridge Parkway: The First 50 Years,” Appalachian State University Libraries Digital Collections, accessed May 14, 2025, https://omeka.library.appstate.edu/items/show/43667.
Jones, Jenny. “Skyline Drive: Engineered with Nature In Mind.” Civil Engineering. April 2001.
Kyle, Robert. “The Dark Side of Skyline Drive.” Washington Post. 10/17/1993.
Miles, Kathryn. “Shenandoah National Park Is Confronting Its History.” Outside. 9/23/2019. https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/hiking-and-backpacking/shenandoah-national-park-segregation-history/
Nash, Carole. “Native American Communities of the Shenandoah Valley: Constructing a Complex History.” 2020. https://cpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com/sites.lib.jmu.edu/dist/9/133/files/2019/04/Native-American-Communities-of-the-Shenandoah-Valley.pdf
National Park Service. “Shenandoah National Park: Skyline Drive: Virginia.” From Highways in Harmony online books exhibit. https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/hih/shenandoah/index.htm
Roberts, Brett G. “Returning the Land: Native Americans and National Parks.” Ave Maria Law Review 148 (Spring, 2023). https://www.avemarialaw.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/v21.Roberts.final38.pdf
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano. “The Dedication of Shenandoah National Park.” https://drive.google.com/file/d/134q1Gkk6Af0zl6bb_wekgqs0k2Wt9VPT/view
Simmons, Dennis E. “Conservation, Cooperation, and Controversy: The Establishment of Shenandoah National Park, 1924-1936.” The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography , Oct., 1981. https://www.jstor.org/stable/4248512
S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration. “America's Highways 1776-1976.” U.S. Government Printing Office. https://archive.org/details/AmericasHighways1776-1976
Zeller, Thomas. “Consuming Landscapes: What We See When We Drive and Why It Matters.” Johns Hopkins University Press. 2022. https://dx.doi.org/10.1353/book.103002

Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park is a scenic road tied to the &ldquo;See America First&rdquo; movement of the early 20th century. The acquisition of land for the project was difficult, and displaced many families from their homes.
Research:
<ul>
<li>Harrison, Sarah Georgia. &ldquo;The Skyline Drive: A Western Park Road in the East.&rdquo; From Parkways: Past, Present and Future. International Linear Parks Conference. Appalachian State University. (1987). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1xp3kv8.13</li>
<li>Jolley, Harley E., &ldquo;Blue Ridge Parkway: The First 50 Years,&rdquo; Appalachian State University Libraries Digital Collections, accessed May 14, 2025, https://omeka.library.appstate.edu/items/show/43667.</li>
<li>Jones, Jenny. &ldquo;Skyline Drive: Engineered with Nature In Mind.&rdquo; Civil Engineering. April 2001.</li>
<li>Kyle, Robert. &ldquo;The Dark Side of Skyline Drive.&rdquo; Washington Post. 10/17/1993.</li>
<li>Miles, Kathryn. &ldquo;Shenandoah National Park Is Confronting Its History.&rdquo; Outside. 9/23/2019. https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/hiking-and-backpacking/shenandoah-national-park-segregation-history/</li>
<li>Nash, Carole. &ldquo;Native American Communities of the Shenandoah Valley: Constructing a Complex History.&rdquo; 2020. https://cpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com/sites.lib.jmu.edu/dist/9/133/files/2019/04/Native-American-Communities-of-the-Shenandoah-Valley.pdf</li>
<li>National Park Service. &ldquo;Shenandoah National Park: Skyline Drive: Virginia.&rdquo; From Highways in Harmony online books exhibit. https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/hih/shenandoah/index.htm</li>
<li>Roberts, Brett G. &ldquo;Returning the Land: Native Americans and National Parks.&rdquo; Ave Maria Law Review 148 (Spring, 2023). https://www.avemarialaw.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/v21.Roberts.final38.pdf</li>
<li>Roosevelt, Franklin Delano. &ldquo;The Dedication of Shenandoah National Park.&rdquo; https://drive.google.com/file/d/134q1Gkk6Af0zl6bb_wekgqs0k2Wt9VPT/view</li>
<li>Simmons, Dennis E. &ldquo;Conservation, Cooperation, and Controversy: The Establishment of Shenandoah National Park, 1924-1936.&rdquo; The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography , Oct., 1981. https://www.jstor.org/stable/4248512</li>
<li>S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration. &ldquo;America's Highways 1776-1976.&rdquo; U.S. Government Printing Office. https://archive.org/details/AmericasHighways1776-1976</li>
<li>Zeller, Thomas. &ldquo;Consuming Landscapes: What We See When We Drive and Why It Matters.&rdquo; Johns Hopkins University Press. 2022. https://dx.doi.org/10.1353/book.103002</li>
</ul>

Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park is a scenic road tied to the “See America First” movement of the early 20th century. The acquisition of land for the project was difficult, and displaced many families from their homes. 

Skyline Drive & Shenandoah National Park

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This 2016 continuation of our coverage of the Palmer Raids covers a series of raids on perceived threats to national security by Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer. Thousands of people were rounded up, many without cause or warrant, and kept in horrifying conditions.

This 2016 continuation of our coverage of the Palmer Raids covers a series of raids on perceived threats to national security by Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer. Thousands of people were rounded up, many without cause or warrant, and kept in horrifying conditions.

SYMHC Classics: Palmer Raids Pt. 2

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Did someone really escape from Alcatraz?

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