Question: What family sold almost 87,000 acres to the federal government so it could become part of the Pisgah National Forest?
Answer: The Vanderbilt family sold 86,700 acres of forest land to the federal government to help establish the 500,000-acre Pisgah National Forest, which today encompasses 15 North Carolina counties and is divided into three districts: the Grandfather District, the Appalachian District, and the Pisgah District.
