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passage of Virginia’s blanket condemnation act. He remembers their sorrow and anger and the sympathy of the lowlanders who agreed the treatment was unfair.

“It wasn’t a popular movement. After all, they were losing their homes,” Mr. Johnson acknowledged. He commiserated with the mountain folk who were forced to begin a new life in a strange — and often unfriendly — environment. But from the beginning, he also recognized the treasure the park would prove to be for future generations, including the great-great-grandchildren of those families ousted a half century ago. He wanted to work there as a ranger. “It was seeing the park, seeing the operation.”

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