Legacy
- Babcock Boulevard in the North Hills of Pittsburgh is named for him.
- Babcock State Park in West Virginia.
- Babcock Ranch and Babcock Preserve in Florida.
- The highly profitable Babcock Lumber and Boom Company, operating out of Davis, West Virginia from 1907, was responsible for devastating environmental damage to much of surrounding Tucker County, including Canaan Valley, Dolly Sods and the Blackwater Canyon. These areas were clear-cut and the landscape converted into a tinderbox by the residual slashings. By 1910, fires swept over the wasteland, often burning continuously from spring until the first snows. In 1914, with the county virtually denuded of standing trees, the ground burned continually for 6 months. When the fires subsided, thin mineral soil and bare rock were all that remained. Uncontrollable soil erosion and flooding further degraded and depopulated the region, which bears the scars of the conflagration to the present day.
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Joseph G. Armstrong |
Mayor of Pittsburgh 1918–1922 |
Succeeded by William A. MaGee |
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“What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism.”
—Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1466–1536)