Record #:

13319

Author(s):

Krinbill, Howard R.

Abstract:

November 26 through the 28, 1908, marks the first Forest Fair held in the United States. Eighty-five foresters, forestry students, state commissioners of forestry, statesmen, botanists, lumbermen, and newspapermen from the United States, Canada, and England, gathered on the grounds of the Biltmore Estate to discuss forestry and forestry experiments.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 22 Issue 14, Dec 1954, p12-13, il

Subject(s):

Forests and forestry

Record #:

24677

Author(s):

Krinbill, Howard R.

Abstract:

The author discusses the history of forestry in North Carolina, which began with the first forestry school in the United States being founded by Dr. C. A. Schenk on the George W. Vanderbilt Estate at Biltmore in 1898.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 22 Issue 14, December 1954, p12-13, il

Subject(s):

Forestry schools and education; Biltmore Forest School; Biltmore Forest