Bad Lands, Unaka National Forest, 1936

Unaka National Forest was established by the U.S. Forest Service in North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia on July 24, 1920, with 840,996 acres (3,403.39 km2).[1] On July 10, 1936, most of the forest was transferred to Pisgah National Forest, with the Virginia portion going to Jefferson National Forest, and the name was discontinued.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Proclomation 1571 41 Stat 1801". memory.loc.gov. Retrieved 2022-08-11.
  2. ^ Davis, Richard C. (September 29, 2005), National Forests of the United States (PDF), The Forest History Society, archived from the original (pdf) on October 28, 2012

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35°21′N 82°46′W / 35.35°N 82.77°W / 35.35; -82.77

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