Pisgah National Forest
Subtitle: a history
By: Marci Spencer
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Charleston, SC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9781626196346
Subjects: History; Natural history; TRAVEL / Parks & Campgrounds
Description: "A history of the Pisgah National Forest in North Carolina"--

"When George Vanderbilt constructed the Biltmore House, he hired forester Gifford Pinchot and later Dr. Carl A. Schenck to manage his forests. Over 80,000 of his woodland acres became the home of America's first forestry school and the heart of the East's first national forest formed under the Weeks Act. Now comprising more than 500,000 acres, Pisgah National Forest holds a vast history and breathtaking natural scenery. The forest sits in the heart of the southern Appalachians and includes Linville Gorge, Catawba Falls, Wilson Creek Wild and Scenic River, Roan Mountain, Max Patch, Shining Rock Wilderness and Mount Pisgah. Author and naturalist Marci Spencer treks through the human, political and natural history that has formed Pisgah National Forest"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references(pages 191-202) and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / by Dr. James G. Lewis; title: Coming to the Mountains; title: A Gentleman Comes; title: U.S. Forestry Education : The Beginning; title: Establishing Pisgah National Forest; title: Moving Forward; title: Grandfather Ranger District; title: Appalachian Ranger District; title: Pisgah Ranger District.