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Activities of the Appalachian National Park Association and the Appalachian National Forest Reserve Association: 1899-1906

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  • PRESENTATION When after many years of effort, it appeared In the early spring of 1927 that a National Park would at last be established in the Southern Appalachian Mountains, Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, formerly State Geologist of North Carolina, suggested that the reoords of the Appalachian National Park Association and Appalachian National Forest Reserve,in my possession, would in years to come be of value and of increasing interest as historical records, I agreed to write a brief resume of the activities of the associations if Doctor Pratt would report the work done in this cause by his department. This we have done; and, We herewith present all existing records of THE APPALACIIIAN NATIONAL PARK ASSOCIATION and THE APPALACHIAN NATIONAL FOREST RESERVE ASSOCIATION together with a report from NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC SURVEY To NORTH CAROLINA HISTORICAL COMMISSION Through the Secretary, Mr* A. R. Newsome, Raleigh, N. C. With the understanding that, if the Government does oonsummate its present Intention to establish a National Park in the Southern Appalachian Mountains and in connection with this park does establish a museum on the park grounds, this manuscript and the exhibits accompanying it are to be turned over to and become the property of the National Park Museum. Asheville, August 1929.
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  • This 72-page journal recording “The Activities of the Appalachian National Park Association and the Appalachian National Forest Reserve Association: 1899-1906” was compiled by the association’s secretary and founding member Chase P. Ambler (1865-1932). The manuscript was created in 1929, the year Ambler donated the association’s records to the State Archives. The Appalachian National Park Association was formed in 1899 for the purpose of promoting the idea of a national park in the eastern U.S. Although housed in Asheville, North Carolina, the organization was a multi-state effort, attracting representatives from six southern states. The association lobbied Congress for the creation of a park, but with limited success. The association disbanded in 1905.