Wasn't there, a little early for me - don't you remember? I think it extended well into the mountains and Piedmont, just at different times. Obviously terrain limited access and hardwood vs pine was used at different times but I think most of the accessible southeast suffered the same fate! I don't know the nat history of the Appalachian well! I am pretty good with my natural history of quail though and know that the population spike occurred as far north as Ohio and Pennsylvania and that Missouri/Tennessee/Virginia area had good quail populations in the mid 1900's. They have also suffered the same declines since the '60's.