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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FF9_allison-deaver-house_Pisgah-Forest-NC.html
This was the home of William Deaver and his wife, Margaret Patton Deaver. It was the scene of a tragic shooting in February 1865, a consequence of the tumult that the Civil War created among North Carolinians.
When the war began, a few Transylvan…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTP1_wash-place_Pisgah-Forest-NC.html
Students were responsible for doing their own laundry. Everyone,including Mrs. Gillespie and Mrs. Case, came here on washday. Clothes were boiled in a kettle over an open fire using "Octagon" soap from the commissary or homemade soap if you were t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTOZ_draw-road_Pisgah-Forest-NC.html
In the days before Vanderbilt bought this land, families drove the cattle, pigs, geese and turkeys they raised in these mountains along this road to the market in Greenville and Charleston, SC. The main link with the outside world, this road came …
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…