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Title
National
Forests
of the
Southern
Appalachians
--
Pisgah
National
Forest
and
Game
Preserve
Creator
United States. Dept. of Agriculture
Medium of Original
publications
Date of Original
1923
Dimensions
6.8
"
x
11.9
"
Description
The
travel
brochure
entitled
'The
National
Forests
of the
Southern
Appalachians'�
(Washington
,
D.C.
:
United
States
Department
of
Agriculture
,
August
1923)
,
featured
on
page
16
three
images
under
the
general
heading
'
Pisgah
National
Forest
and
Game
Preserve.'�
One
picture
of a
mountain
vista
is
without
a
caption
while
the
other
two
are
identified
as '
Fireplace
in
Public
Camp
Ground'�
and 'A
Spotted
Fawn.'�
While
the
Pisgah
National
Forest
covers
a
large
area
throughout
twelve
western
North
Carolina
counties
,
Mt
.
Pisgah
itself
is
located
on the
Haywood
County
,
N.C.
, and
Buncombe
County
,
N.C.
,
line
and has been a
noted
scenic
destination
in
western
North
Carolina
for
decades
. As
noted
in the
brochure
text
, in
1914
the
United
States
purchased
the
mountain
and
thousands
of
acres
of
forest
lands
that the
late
George
Vanderbilt
had
assembled
as
part
of his
immense
Biltmore
Estate
and
established
Pisgah
National
Forest
in
1916
. The
Pink
Beds
mentioned
in the
brochure
refer
to an
area
in
Pisgah
National
Forest
that
is
renowned
for its
flowering
foliage
.
You
can
see
other
parts
of this
brochure
by
searching
for
identifiers
HL_PDForests23cvr
and
HL_PDForests23p17
Subject
Pisgah National Forest (N.C.)
Time Period
1920s;
Source Institution
Western Carolina University Hunter Library
Collection
Printed Documents
Inventory Number
HL_PDForests23p16
Copyright Information
All rights reserved. For permissions, contact Hunter Library Special Collections, Western Carolina U, Cullowhee, NC 28723
Digital Publisher
Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723
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