Abstract
Carl Alwin Schenck was largely responsible for introducing forestry as a discipline to the United States. Arriving at the Biltmore Estate at the request of George Vanderbilt in 1895 in order to manage the estate’s silviculture, Schenck later opened Biltmore Forest School, the first forestry school in the United States. Between 1898 and 1913, Schenck graduated several hundred students, among them many of the first professional foresters in the United States. Bound by what Schenck called “The Biltmore Spirit,” the camaraderie among Biltmore’s graduates, the Biltmore community helped support Schenck while impoverished during his old age. This thesis largely utilizes primary sources from Carl Schenck himself, correspondence among Schenck’s students, and writings from early American foresters Gifford Pinchot and Walter J. Damtoft, alongside supporting secondary sources.
How to Cite
Allan, J., (2019) “Raising the Biltmore Flag: Birth of the Biltmore Immortals”, Capstone, The UNC Asheville Journal of Undergraduate Scholarship 32(2).
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