Gifford Pinchot Birthplace

Gifford Pinchot Birthplace (HM1NKJ)

Location: Simsbury, CT 06070 Hartford County
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Country: United States of America
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N 41° 52.379', W 72° 48.161'

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Gifford Pinchot Birthplace

Gifford Pinchot (1865 - 1946)was for more than 50 years a staunch advocate of forestry and conservation in the United States. He was born on this site on August 11, 1865 to James Wallace Pinchot and Mary Jane Eno; his maternal grandparents were natives of Simsbury. Gifford Pinchot was a founder and first president of the Society of American Foresters, served President Theodore Roosevelt as the first Chief of the USDA Forest Service, with his family helped establish the Yale School of Forestry, became Pennsylvania's Commissioner of Forestry, was a principal in creating the National Association of State Foresters, and was a two-term Governor of Pennsylvania.
Dedication
August 11, 2000

In the centennial year of the founding of the Society of American Foresters, and on the one-hundred and thirty-fifth anniversary of his birth, this monument is dedicated to the memory and legacy of this pioneering forester.
Society of American Foresters 1900

This monument was made possible by the Society of American Foresters and its New England Society, Divisions and Chapters, National Association of State Foresters Foundation, Pinchot Institute for Conservation, Connecticut Urban Forest Council, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, USDA Forest Service-Grey Towers Historical Site, Connecticut Forest and Park Association, and the Pinchot and Eno Families.
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HM NumberHM1NKJ
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Year Placed2000
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Date Added Thursday, September 3rd, 2015 at 5:02pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18T E 682342 N 4638008
Decimal Degrees41.87298333, -72.80268333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 41° 52.379', W 72° 48.161'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds41° 52' 22.74" N, 72° 48' 9.66" W
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Area Code(s)860
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling South
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 733-743 US-202, Simsbury CT 06070, US
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