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Skyland ResortSkyland Resort was a small privately-owned community in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Page County, Virginia at the top of a mountain which is now extinct. The Skyland Resort was built in 1895 by George Freeman Pollock, a young Washington, DC man whose father owned a great deal of the land surrounding the resort. Skyland was intended to be a place where the affluent people from major cities would come to relax and recreate. Early in its life, it was advertised as a "dude ranch." Early transportation was by horse or wagon. Around 1931, it became part of the Shenandoah National Park and the Skyline Drive was built past it. Rather than destroying the improvements to restore the natural beauty as was the practice in most parts of the Park as it was established between 1924 and 1936, Skyland's accommodations were expanded, and are available to visitors.
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