View Poor Mountain - elev. 2975' (Milepost 135.0)

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	View Poor Mountain - elev. 2975' (Milepost 135.0)

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Overlook Description

Poor Mountain is seen as the high point on the left horizon. The mountain is named for Major Poore who served under Andrew Lewis in the French and Indian War.

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Excerpt adaptations from Blue Ridge Parkway Guide: Volume 1 (by William G. Lord), Blue Ridge Parkway Guide: Volume 2 (by William G. Lord), Guide to the Blue Ridge Parkway - 3rd Edition (by Victoria Logue, Frank Logue, and Nicole Blouin). Copyright 1981 by the American Chestnut Foundation. Reprint by permission of Menasha Ridge Press.

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