Shenandoah's Displaced Mountain Communities

Shenandoah National Park, stretching along the Blue Ridge Mountains in northern Virginia, was created during the 1930s through one of the largest voluntary and involuntary land acquisition programs in American history. The federal government acquired approximately 280 square miles of land from over 3,000 individual owners, some of whom left willingly and others of whom were forcibly relocated. Small mountain communities that had existed for generations were demolished to create the park. The Skyline Drive, running the full length of the park's ridge, was built by Civilian Conservation Corps workers during the Depression and remains one of the most scenic drives in the eastern United States.

Source: Wikipedia