CREDITS
Written and Directed by: Paul Bonesteel
Produced by: Robin Turner
Executive Producers: Steven Anderson, James G. Lewis & Matthew Gellert
Additional Writing by: James G. Lewis
Director of Photography: Evan Schafer
Edited by: Paul Bonesteel and Evan Schafer
Associate Producer: Alexis Tomrell
Production Manager: Emily Bukoski
Narrator: Brad Davidorf
Music by: Fred Story
Research by: James G. Lewis & Alexis Tomrell
Additional Photo Research: Eben Lehman
Camera Operator/AC: Bryan Fowler
Gaffer: Chris Durfee
Sound: David Schmidt
Wardrobe:
Alexis Tomrell
Amanda Albee
Deborah Austin
Makeup: Zack Russell
Assistant Editor: Wesley Cordell
Production assistants:
Will Davis
Scotlan Sturrock
Interviews:
James G. Lewis
Char Miller
Carlyle Franklin
Chuck Leavell
Ron Rash
Rob Neufeld
Bill Alexander
Ellen Rickman
Historical Consultants:
Bill Alexander
Steven Anderson
Matthew Booker
James G. Lewis
Scott Moranda
Char Miller
Carlton Murrey
Kathryn Newfont
Production Consultants:
Steve Dunsky
Ann Dunsky
Shannon Vickery
Diane Anderson
Stephanie Rae Anderson
Dianne Timblin
Halle Amick
Rob Braunfield
Jennifer Perry
Special Thanks:
Cradle of Forestry in America Interpretive Association
United States Forest Service
Asheville Community Theatre
Biltmore Estate
Pisgah Stables
CAST
Kevin Ude as Carl Schenck
Peter Van Rijssen as George W. Vanderbilt
Jeffrey Alexander as Gifford Pinchot
Neill Clark as Older Carl Schenck
Wayne Wheeler as Frederick Law Olmsted
BFS Students:
Ethan Henry
Evan Friedman
Jerry Dean
John Cantley
Kevin Moxley
Russell Bryan
Stephen Wheeler
Spencer Williams
Seth Loeb
Foresters:
James Hall
Chad Zemp
Homesteader:
Jane Hardwick
Bert Hardwick
Festival Attendee:
Robert D. Bannister
Modern-day Cradle Students:
Dalton Charlson
Jessica Charlson
Lexie Charlson
Ava Hamilton
Selah Hamilton
Emmalynne Eshleman
Isaac Sol Eshleman
Jacob Kai Eshleman
Sean Clausen
Casey Clausen
Biltmore Forest School Songs
“Down Under the Hill”
Words and music by Douglas Sayre Rodman, BFS Class of 1902-1903
“Schenckses Foresteers”
Written by unknown BFS Student, sung to the tune of “John Brown’s Body” by William Steffe
Archival Materials provided by
FOREST HISTORY SOCIETY, DURHAM, NC
BILTMORE ESTATE ARCHIVES
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS RESEARCH CENTER AT NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERISTY LIBRARIES
D.H. RAMSEY LIBRARY, SPECIAL COLLECTIONS, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE
NORTH CAROLINA COLLECTION, PACK MEMORIAL PUBLIC LIBRARY, ASHEVILLE, NC
WEST VIRGINIA AND REGIONAL HISTORY CENTER, WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES
SAN FRANCISCO HISTORY CENTER, SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, PRINTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS DIVISION
HUNTER LIBRARY, WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS, LEHIGH UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES, BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA
ANDREW GENNETT AND THE GENNETT LUMBER COMPANY
NEW YORK CITY MUNICIPAL ARCHIVES
US FOREST SERVICE, GREY TOWERS NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE
Based in part on the book
Cradle of Forestry in America: The Biltmore Forest School, 1898–1913 by Carl Alwin Schenck
Published by The Forest History Society