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Originally Posted by silberrosa
Nice photo. Great color as well! The fact that most impressed me when we visited was as we looked out the upper level windows, we were told that the Vanderbilts originally owned all of the land as far as one could see.
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The tidbit we were told on one tour of the house which has always stuck with me was that you can see Mt. Pisgah from the "back porch" of the Biltmore Estate, and it is approximately 13 miles away. The Vanderbilts owned all the land in between! I believe the total estate was some 80,000 acres.
Amazing...