Mills River Valley Overlook - elev. 4085' (Milepost 404.0)

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	Mills River Valley Overlook - elev. 4085' (Milepost 404.0)

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Overlook Description

Mills River was named for William Mills who lived in this area during the late 1700s and early 1800s. Mills was a hunter and reported the last elk to be seen in North Carolina. Elk are now being reintroduced in the mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee.

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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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