Edith Vanderbilt
Edith Vanderbilt was the widow of George Washington Vanderbilt, who, after her husband's death in 1914, made the historic decision to sell 86,700 acres of Biltmore Estate land to the federal government at a significantly reduced price, ensuring the preservation of the land as part of Pisgah National Forest, thereby fulfilling her husband's conservation vision.
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Edith Vanderbilt agreed to sell 86,700 acres of valuable mountain forest to the United States federal government to preserve the land for public use.
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