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  1. Babe the Grey Elephant, Indian cousin of Paul Bunyan’s ox. Featured Photo: http://ow.ly/E8nV
  2. The presentation made by Roderick Nash, our 2009 Lynn W. Day lecturer, covered on Huffington Post: http://bit.ly/26aAmb
  3. On this date: 11/17/1844 Elihu Stewart born. Founder of Canadian Forestry Assc & early head of Canadian Forest Service http://bit.ly/34x9BI
  4. Drive-thru, 1920 style. Car tunnel through giant red cedar tree stump. Featured Photo: http://ow.ly/za6p
  5. The Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory in NC celebrates 75 years of influential forest watershed research: http://wp.me/piGxC-G8
  6. Video profile of USFS photographer K.D. Swan (1889-1970), just added to FHS YouTube channel: http://bit.ly/3eFHv2
  7. Some great photos just added to our Flickr- http://bit.ly/3B2azC , including a new set "Big Trees"- http://bit.ly/1nQcGS #tree #forest
  8. @archivesnext typewriter in a tent: http://www.flickr.com/photo...
  9. On this date: 10/20/1964 the Cradle of Forestry in America dedicated on the site of the Biltmore Forest School in NC: http://wp.me/piGxC-5W
  10. Steers haul log on Vanderbilt's estate in NC, c1890s. Featured Photo: http://ow.ly/uO74 Pisgah NF created from estate's forests Oct 17, 1916
  11. Hey all you fans of baseball (and mob movies), take a look at the newest item donated to the FHS archives: http://ow.ly/u1wW
  12. Have you seen the 180-foot tall wooden ski jump built at Chicago's Soldier Field? http://wp.me/piGxC-Fl
  13. Baseball playoffs start today. Fall Classic sounds will include bats shattering and people screaming as they duck http://wp.me/piGxC-2U
  14. On this date: 10/1/1909 the USFS Forest Products Laboratory began operations in Madison, WI: http://bit.ly/33Srhb Happy centennial!
  15. New blog post on the Ken Burns National Parks film, and other docs featuring visual media from our archives: http://wp.me/piGxC-EE
  16. Just one of the FHS images found in the new Ken Burns doc @PBSNationalPark premiering Sun. night. Featured Photo: http://ow.ly/r657
  17. On this date: 9/24/1963 the Pinchot Institute dedicated at Grey Towers. Check out JFK's speech and other info at: http://bit.ly/FjHKc
  18. Take a Child Outside Week begins today. Need ideas? Check out our "Trees in Your Own Backyard" educational activities: http://bit.ly/vptq3
  19. for 1,800+ historic White Mtn photos, search our DB: http://bit.ly/1hIlHa RT @WhiteMtnInn History of White Mountain NF http://bit.ly/3CG0Ds
  20. Yarrr! Hoist a tankard of grog and celebrate Talk Like a Pirate Day by reading about the Log Pirates of Puget Sound: http://ow.ly/q7AJ