Boone National Forest was established by the U.S. Forest Service in North Carolina on January 16, 1920, with 492,340 acres (1,992.4 km). On March 25, 1921, Boone was combined with Pisgah National Forest and the name was discontinued.
References
- Davis, Richard C. (September 29, 2005), National Forests of the United States (PDF), The Forest History Society, archived from the original (pdf) on 2012-10-28
External links
- Forest History Society
- Listing of the National Forests of the United States and Their Dates (from Forest History Society website) Text from Davis, Richard C., ed. Encyclopedia of American Forest and Conservation History. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company for the Forest History Society, 1983. Vol. II, pp. 743-788.