Record #:

20720

Author(s):

Pinkett, Harold T.

Abstract:

This article looks at the work of the Nation's first professional forester Gifford Pinchot at the Biltmore Estate and as manager of the Biltmore Forest. Hired by George W. Vanderbilt in 1892, Pinchot was contracted to design a management plan for the estate and to superintend the preparation of an exhibit of the Biltmore Forest for the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. In addition to biographical information on Pinchot, Pinkett looks at Pinchot's forestry methodology, his development of the Columbian Exposition exhibit, his development of the Pisgah Forest, and his legacy at the Biltmore Estate.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 34 Issue 3, July 1957, p346-357, f

Subject(s):

Biltmore Estate (Asheville)