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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 5 a petition addressed to him as United States Senator. This autographed letter will be found in "Exhibit K" as will a carbon copy of the petition as submitted to Senator Pritohard on August 30, 1899. This petition set forth eleven reasons why there should be a national park in the Southern Appalachian Mountains. There is also in this file, "Exhibit K", an undated letter from Senator Pritchard, written at Washington , acknowledging reoeipt of C. P. Ambler's letter. In this pen written letter. Senator Pritchard stated: "When the petitions are presented to me, I shall do all in my power to secure the necessary appropriation.... Whenever I can be of service in this matter, please command me." During this same month, there appeared in "Southern Pictures and Pencillings" an article entitled "The Movement for a Southern National Park", this being the first of many such articles written by Mr. MoQuilkin. On October 9, 1899, the writer was appointed to serve with A. H. MoQuilkin and Henry T. Collins on the Parks and Forestry Committee of the Asheville Board of Trade, succeeding John A. Roebling resigned. The letters, papers, and data pertaining to the efforts of the Parks and Forestry Committee aooonpany this report and will be found in "Exhibit K". In this Exhibit will also be found
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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.