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

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  • THE APPALACHIAN NATIONAL PARK ASSOCIATION The first person, so far as we know, who advocated in writing the establishment of a national forest reserve or national park in the Appalachian Mountains was Doctor Henry 0. Marcy of Boston, Mass. Doctor Maroy read a paper before the American Academy of Medicine, New York, October 29, 1885, on the olimatio treatment of disease, advocating Western North Carolina as a health resort. This article was published in The Journal of The Amerioan Medical Association, December 26, 1885. A reprint of the article was sent to the writer by Doctor Marcy and will be found on page 78 of Book 5, containing oopies of all articles which later appeared regarding the proposed forest reserve. This Book 5 accompanies this report as "Exhibit A". In the closing paragraph of this artiole, Doctor Maroy says: "The wise legislator, seeking far- reaching results, would do well to consider the advisability of securing under state control a large reserve-
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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.