History Off Script: The American Chestnut

History Off Script: The American Chestnut

5:01 Mar 23, 2026
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From 1904 to 1940, a brutal war was fought across the Appalachian mountains that claimed 3 to 4 billion lives; however, the casualties weren't people. They were trees. In forty years, chestnut blight had all but wiped out the American chestnut. This is the story of how it happened.
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