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A scenic view from Pisgah Inn.

A view of the Cradle of Forestry in America cornerstone laying ceremony, showing hills in the background.

A twelve-foot log bridge in Pisgah National Forest. The bridge saves 60 feet of trail or a change in grade. Donor note: "by [Alfred] Gaskill, who was instructed to study my [Verne Rhoades] trails in Pisgah Forest. Photographs by Gaskill to illustrate…

A view of a newly created section of trail, cut through brush in Pisgah National Forest.

A view of Pink Beds Trail, with a four feet crossrun in the foreground and a grade of 5% It was intended to be corrected into a wagon road.

A view of a bend on Pink Beds trail. Rock work designed to hold up the bend is visible.

Waterfall and pool in Pink Beds Trail, Biltmore, N.C.

Verne Rhoades obituary in the Asheville Citizen Times.

Newspaper clipping showing Dr. and Mrs Shirey living in Dr. Carl Schencks old lodge in the Pink Beds. Dr. Schenck resided here in 1909.

'Mr. J. W. Edwards of Winston-Salem, Route 8, posing with his axe. Taken near the portable mill on the R. M. Cox tract in Forsyth County. Mr. Edwards has been a timber cutter all his life.'