Record #:

9325

Author(s):

Lancaster, Lee S.

Abstract:

The Cradle of Forestry in America, located in western North Carolina's Pisgah National Forest, commemorates the founding of scientific forestry in America. In the 1880s, George Vanderbilt retained the services of Frederick Law Olmsted whose experiments in re-building the forests of the Biltmore Estate paved the way for his successor, Gifford Pinchot, America's first practicing scientific forester. Carl Alwin Schenck expanded on Pinchot's work and founded the Biltmore Forest School, the first school of forestry in the United States.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 42 Issue 1, June 1974, p8-12, 68, il, por

Subject(s):

Biltmore Forest School

Record #:

9326

Author(s):

Owens, Dave

Abstract:

The present-day village of Sneads Ferry gets its name from the ferry crossing first used before the Revolutionary War. In 1760, Robert Snead operated a tavern on the south shore of the New River. Presently, the entire southern shore of the New River, from the old ferry crossing to the mouth of the river, is known as Sneads Ferry.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 42 Issue 1, June 1974, p14, 20, por

Subject(s):

Snead, Robert W.; Sneads Ferry