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Peeling Back The Bark

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October 27, 1858: Happy Birthday, Teddy Roosevelt!

By James Lewis on October 27, 2008

Today marks the 150th birthday of Theodore Roosevelt. Considered one of our greatest presidents, it’s not for nothing that he’s on Mount Rushmore and still widely admired around the world. He packed a lot of living into his sixty years. …
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Driving the River

By Eben Lehman on October 24, 2008

Six brand new photo galleries featuring more than 160 historic photos documenting various aspects of river log drives were added to our website today. River drives were a standard way of moving large amounts of cut timber to sawmills during …
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October 20, 1964: Cradle of Forestry Dedication Ceremony

By Amanda T. Ross on October 20, 2008

On this day in 1964, foresters, government officials, and others gathered near Asheville, North Carolina, at the site of the historic Biltmore Forest School. At this joint annual meeting of the American Forestry Association and the North Carolina Forestry Association, …
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The Next Environmentalism: After the 2008 Election

By Amanda T. Ross on October 15, 2008

The American environmental movement has periodically experienced shifts in focus and organizational priorities following key elections. Notable transformative junctures include the 1970 and 1972 congressional elections; the 1980 election of Ronald Reagan, which sent ripple effects throughout the environmental movement; …
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China's Syndrome

By James Lewis on October 8, 2008

A recent article in The New Yorker investigated where China gets its wood from now that logging has been widely banned in the country. “The Stolen Forests: Inside the Covert War on Illegal Logging” states that the ban …
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For the Ladies…

By Amanda T. Ross on October 8, 2008

Photographs from the Forest History Society collections have been used for a great variety of purposes, from scholarly publications to popular documentaries to home decor.

Perhaps we have the beginnings of a Men of Logging calendar?

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Logger Photos

By Eben Lehman on October 7, 2008

Two new online photo galleries have just been added to our website today. The new “Loggers” gallery features more than 80 historic photos of loggers posing while at work in the field.

Photos in this gallery showcase the …
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Photograph Collections: A Capital Idea!

By Amanda T. Ross on October 6, 2008

On September 17, 2008, FHS’s own Technical Archivist Eben Lehman participated in a news conference sponsored by the Alabama Forest Owners’ Association, Inc. The AFOA advocates for owners of Alabama forestland and strives to keep members informed on matters related …
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Dignity Dies an Ignoble Death

By James Lewis on October 3, 2008

By coincidence, we were looking through artist Rudy Wendelin’s papers the other day when the news broke about the baccanalian goings-on in the Department of Interior’s Minerals Management Service. We found several party invitations from the 1930s for which Rudy …
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Playoff Dreams, Shattered Bats

By James Lewis on October 1, 2008

Major League Baseball playoffs started today! Besides the excitement of the games, fans can also expect to see more shattered bats, a problem that has plagued baseball at all professional levels this year. In the last 15 years or so, …