agreed

I have a photo of the area my family settled after the Revolution, the picture was taken in the late 1800s. It matches nearly exactly the one on the left in your set. the hill and most of the valley is mature timber now, as in your right picture.

I was at a fly fishing event this past weekend, we were discussing this same topic(you can always find a grouse hunter at a fly fishing event. From Maine to PA, its the same.