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Why is this a lost city or town if it is available to tourists today? Csbodine 14:54, 30 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Our definition of "lost: for thsi article includes no longer in possession or in past form. Skyland Resort (established 1895) was a privately developed and owned facility which was taken by the State of Virginia through eminent domain (along with about 500 homesteads and another resort) to donate to the federal government to form Shenandoah National Park and build the Skyline Drive in the 1920s and 1930s. The park elected to save a few existing structures, and the buidlings at the former Skyland Resort were in that category, now operated as part of the park. Panorama Resort was also lost, but suffered a worse fate. This link may prove interesting reading about these two pre-existing privately-owned resorts. [1] Vaoverland 20:46, 30 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I guess this is a special definition of "lost" that should be clarified. When I think of "Lost Towns", I think of Roanoke Island. But maybe that is just me *grin*. Csbodine 20:03, 8 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]