A Year-Round Guide to Franklin and Nantahala

A nationwide “Victory Speed Limit” of 35 miles per hour, instated in an effort to conserve gasoline and rubber during the war, ends in August 1945. One month later, in

Rosemary and Goat Cheese Strata

A nationwide “Victory Speed Limit” of 35 miles per hour, instated in an effort to conserve gasoline and rubber during the war, ends in August 1945. One month later, in

Burning Rubber

A nationwide “Victory Speed Limit” of 35 miles per hour, instated in an effort to conserve gasoline and rubber during the war, ends in August 1945. One month later, in his column “Random Shots,” John G. Bragaw speculates: “By the time this is set in type, Governor Gregg Cherry may have proclaimed a change in the legal speed limit for automobiles in North Carolina. He may have upped it to 45 miles per hour, or 50, or 60. I hope not … In any event, I think I shall stick to the 35-mile limit.”