Schoolhouse

Schoolhouse (HMTEH)

Location: Pisgah Forest, NC 28768 Transylvania County
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Country: United States of America
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N 35° 21.063', W 82° 46.745'

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Beginning the Forester's Education

In 1906 a horse was basic equipment for a forestry student. Dr. Schenck expected his students to be on time for classes and that often meant they arrived at a gallop. After a morning spent in textbook learning' it was out to the field for some practical, hands-on lessons.

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Biltmore students marked ax handles with calibrations based on simple geometry to estimate the board feet of lumber in a tree. As popularity increased, commercial Biltmore sticks became a standard still familiar to foresters today.
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Date Added Thursday, September 11th, 2014 at 8:42am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17S E 338343 N 3913426
Decimal Degrees35.35105000, -82.77908333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 35° 21.063', W 82° 46.745'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds35° 21' 3.78" N, 82° 46' 44.70" W
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Area Code(s)828
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 11250 Pisgah Hwy, Pisgah Forest NC 28768, US
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