most of the reluctant families came from the park's central counties (madison, page, and rappahannock), not the northern counties nearest byrd's and carson's bases, or from the southern end where residents could see tourism's benefits at thomas jefferson's monticello since the 1920s, as well as the jobs available in the shenandoah and new blue ridge projects. in 1931 and 1932, residents were allowed to petition the state agency to stay another year to gather crops, etc. however, some refused to cooperate to any extent, others wanted to continue to use resources now protected (including timber or homes and gardens vacated by others), and many found the permit process arbitrary. businessman robert h. via filed suit against the condemnations in 1934 but did not prevail (and ended up moving to pennsylvania and never cashed his condemnation check).