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By William Pfingsten, May 31, 2008
Home of Joseph T. Rothrock
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
| | Conservationist, father of the State Forest idea in Pennsylvania, lived in this house from 1876 until his death in 1922. He pioneered in the development of forest fire control, reforestation, and scientific forestry. — — Map (db m8240) HM |
| | The Commonwealth’s first forestry school was established here at Mont Alto in 1903 and named the State Forest Academy in 1905. Among the first in the nation, it later merged with the Pennsylvania State University. Joseph T. Rothrock, the . . . — — Map (db m49637) HM |
| | Pennsylvania’s first professionally trained forester and co-founder and first director of the State Forest Academy begun here in 1903. A protege of Dr. Joseph T. Rothrock, Wirt advocated learning through theory and practice and set pioneering . . . — — Map (db m49635) HM |
Apr. 27, 2024
