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Abstract:
Western forests were stripped in the 19th-century, but with investment of time and money George Vanderbilt helped to restore the region's natural resources. The region was first to hire an American forester, Gifford Pinchot, establish an American College of Forestry with Dr. Carl Alwin Schenck as head, and create a national forest in eastern America.
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Palmer recounts notable events in the life of Nathaniel Macon, one of the foremost public men in the state. Among them were Revolutionary War soldier; serving in Congress for thirty-five years; and president of the Constitutional Convention of 1835.