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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTJ3_hell-hole_Pisgah-Forest-NC.html
Dr. Schenck told new arrivals to the forestry school "find yourself a place to stay." Many did so in the cabins left by settlers after Vanderbilt purchased their land. Students gave their cabins playful names such as "Gnat Hollow" and "Rest for th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTEN_blacksmith_Pisgah-Forest-NC.html
The clang of a hammer on iron and the acrid scent of coal smoke were commonplace at the Biltmore Forest School. Two blacksmiths, each with their own business 14 miles away in Brevard, took turns working here. Not only did the horses require shoes …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTEK_rock-house-creek-lodge_Pisgah-Forest-NC.html
To the "mountaineers", or people who lived around the Pisgah Forest, these lands were theirs to log, pasture, hunt and moonshine as they had for years. In an effort to convince them otherwise, Schenck installed rangers in lodges at fourteen strate…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTEJ_schencks-office_Pisgah-Forest-NC.html
Local handyman Judson Meece converted an abandoned barn into a fine office for Dr. Schenck. While Eleanor Ketchum, his secretary, and Dan Marshall, the bookkeeper were busy in the front office, Dr Schenck prepared his lectures, graded papers and p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTEI_rangers-dwelling_Pisgah-Forest-NC.html
Constructed in 1882, by Hiram King this large, two-story home was purchased by George W. Vanderbilt to house his rangers. Ranger George Gillespie and his family boarded eight forestry students in the rooms upstairs. For two meals each day, Mrs. Gi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTEH_schoolhouse_Pisgah-Forest-NC.html
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 pra…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTEF_looking-glass-rock_Pisgah-Forest-NC.html
What good was a high windswept ridge beyond its obvious scenic beauty? Dr. Carl Schenck, who managed 80,000 acres of George W. Vanderbilt's Pisgah Forest between 1895 and 1909, tried raising livestock! In 1902, Schenck spent $25 on a goat fence on…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT8K_moon-tree_Pisgah-Forest-NC.html
You may never go to the moon but, if you touch this tree you will be touching something that has. When Stuart Roosa, a former Forest Service smoke jumper, served as an astronaut on the Apollo XIV mission he wanted to take something along to honor …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT8I_commissary_Pisgah-Forest-NC.html
Each day before heading to the woods, Biltmore Forest School students stopped at the commissary for a quick lunch that might have included hoop cheese, pork and beans, or canned peaches. The open area around the store was a great place to play hor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT8H_biltmore-forest-school_Pisgah-Forest-NC.html
This tablet, marking the siteof the school building, is erectedin honor ofDr. C.A. Schenckfounder of theBiltmore Forest School,the first school of forestryin the United StatesThe Alumni - 1950
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