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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 6 all existing correspondence from the time Judge Day and 0. P. Ambler first discussed the project up to the organization of the National Appalachian Park Association. There are numerous letters addressed to and written by Senator Pritchard; letters from Judge Day; from Colonel Charles Woolsey; Chuokey Joe, who was A. M. Huger of Hendersonville; M. V. Richards, land and industrial agent of the Southern Railway at Washington; J. A. Holmes, N. C. State Geologist; Harlan P. Kelsey; Dr. Francis L, Parker of Charleston, S. C; Gifford Pinohot; S. P, Ravenel of Highlands, I« C; George W, Whitney, treasurer of the American Forestry Association; Josephus Daniels; C. A. Sohenok, forester to the Biltmore Estate; and, many others. Also filed in "Exhibit K" is a sorapbook kept by A. H. MoQuilkin from August through October 1899. Practically all of the newspaper clippings in this sorapbook were prepared by Mr. MoQuilkin personally. The data in "Exhibit K" is as interesting as any filed with this record. The movement at this time was known as "National Park Movement", no thought being given to forest reservation, it being the purpose to locate a National Park in the East something on the plan of the Yellowstone National Park. During October 1899, a second article appeared In "Southern Piotures and Penoillings" and five hundred
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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.