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[deleted] t1_j71xagi wrote

Reply to comment by Castor_and_Pollux123 in Anybody have deforested Rothrock state forest pics? by abou824

It wasn’t a state forest then. Most of our state forests were absolutely destroyed by the iron furnaces and timber industry.

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thenewtbaron t1_j72blnl wrote

Yup.

It was actually Joseph Rothrock that really pushed the state purchasing these lands to re-tree them, he is one of the reasons that they are protected today.

Pennsylvania's first forestry fella, interesting life story, my great great uncle.

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reeshahaha t1_j73qa4h wrote

Any books written about him?

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thenewtbaron t1_j740c69 wrote

not really, he is talked about in some books of the era, usually crowded out by larger more well known folks like pinchot, muir and the like. He is on the wiki, Joseph Rothrock and he totally seemed to have lived an interesting life.

There are not that many Rothrocks in the USA, most of them, to my knowledge are related directly back to two ships that carried the family over, the Pink Mary and another one. It was a father and his four sons. It is a pain in the ass because there are like 10 generations of "george" or "john" or the german versions, so Johan, johannes, georg.

You can find some powerpoints, some brief descriptions on the various state websites.

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