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400 families from their homes, farms and businesses when it established the park in 1933. Making it even more painful, the Civilian Conservation Corps was given the job of tearing down or burning the homes as each family was removed to discourage them from moving back.
Ochs conceived the idea of a museum to pay homage to these people who lived for generations in the Blue Ridge Mountains. “They need restitution for being treated poorly,” Ochs said.
He is seeking donations of old buildings, bams and log cabins to relocate at the planned site, a scenic field
See OCHS, Page A7
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