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“Not one cent for scenery: The Story of How the National Forests Became the Nation’s Forests”

Museum of the White Mountains 34 Highland Street, Plymouth, NH

Presentation by James Lewis.  In the 1890s, Congress gave the president the power to create national forests in the West. But when Americans began demanding the government also protect the Appalachian forests from destruction, Congress declared it would give “not one cent for scenery.” With the signing of the Weeks Act in 1911, the federal [...]

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