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

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  • Page 2 tlon of the higher range as a park. Its costs at present would be merely nominal." The writer moved to Asheville, N. C, from Ohio In 1889 and was immediately struck with the beauties of the mountains of the Southern Appalachian and for several years advocated that either the state or federal government should control the higher mountain tops. While on a fishing trip in the Sapphire section of North Carolina in June 1889 with Hon. William R. Day of Ohio, who had reoently returned from the Paris Peace Commission and was spending his vacation in the Asheville section, the matter was broached to Judge Day and his advloe asked as to the feasibility and possibility of making such a reservation. Judge Day first stated that it appeared to him as an impossible proposition; but several days later, he mentioned the subject again and stated that he believed it would be possible, although it would take years to accomplish anything. The writer volunteered to Judge Day to do anything he could and suggested that if Judge Day would outline a plan under which he thought results oould be accomplished, that the writer would undertake to see that his suggestions wereoarried out. A few days later, Judge Day presented us several sheets of paper with rough
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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.