A history of Green Ridge State Forest
By: Francis Zumbrun
Publisher: History Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Charleston, SC
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781596299023
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Green Ridge : a place of state and national significance; title: Pioneers walk this land; title: A Maryland man who matched the mountains; title: The Carroll family : shaping history in America and at Green Ridge; title: Building ships and utopia in the Maryland mountains; title: Land of forests and trees; title: Scientific forestry comes to Allegany County; title: Fred W. Besley : Maryland's pioneering forester; title: Forestry : a prescription to heal the land; title: The vagabonds make camping popular; title: The founding of a state forest; title: Roots of the National Big Tree Champion Contest planted in Maryland; title: The Town Hill sentinel quietly watches the forest grow; title: A tree army comes to Green Ridge; title: Seventy years of camping and hunting at Green Ridge State Forest; title: An oasis in a mad world; title: A forest under a magnifying glass; title: New "old growth" found at Green Ridge; title: Maryland's best-kept secret; title: George slept here too; title: Going to the mountains is going home; title: The incredible flight of the broad-winged hawk; title: Scientists bring Green Ridge into the space age; title: Forestry and the pioneering work ethic.