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4175
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Carl Sandburg, one of the country's greatest poets and authors, purchased a house with 240 acres in Flat Rock in 1945. What surprises many people is the reason he and his family moved from Michigan. His wife, Lilian, had a business raising Chikaming goats. She was seeking a more temperate climate for her herd, considered one of the nation's finest. Sandburg wrote his only novel, Remembrance Rock, there. After his death in 1967, his home became a National Historic Site.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 58 Issue 3, Aug 1990, p30-32, il
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4190
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When George Vanderbilt purchased 125,000 acres near Asheville to build his home, Biltmore, he also hired landscape architects and forestry experts to restore land that had been eroded and poorly harvested. He hired Carl Schenck, a forester from Germany, in 1895. Schenck founded the Biltmore Forest School in 1898, the first forestry school in the nation. The school and 6,400 acres surrounding it were designated a national historic site in 1976.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 58 Issue 5, Oct 1990, p31-33, il, por
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2520
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Until an acceptable route that would not disrupt the natural beauty of Grandfather Mountain was found, the Blue Ridge Parkway's last seven and one-half miles remained unfinished. The route was agreed to in 1968 and completed in 1987.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 55 Issue 3, Aug 1987, p18-20, 24, il
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