Chesapeake Odysseys: An 1883 Cruise Revisited

by Joseph Trimble Rothrock

Describes an 1883 cruise down the Delaware River to the Chesapeake Bay

138 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 1984

About the author

From Wikipedia: Joseph Trimble Rothrock (April 9, 1839 – June 2, 1922) was an American environmentalist, recognized as the "Father of Forestry" in Pennsylvania. In 1895, Rothrock was appointed the first forestry commissioner to lead the newly formed Division of Forestry in the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. Two of his major accomplishments as commissioner were his land acquisition program and the creation of a forest academy to train foresters for state service.[1]

Biography
Early life
Joseph Rothrock was born in McVeytown in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania in the United States to a German farming family.[2][3] He was often ill as a child and spent many hours hiking the woods of Mifflin County for exercise to combat his illnesses. It was while on these walks that Rothrock developed a love for the outdoors. He went on to become a pioneering environmentalist in Pennsylvania, helping preserve and re-establish the forests that he so loved.