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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 7 copies of the magazine were mailed to prominent people throughout the Southern 3tates. MoQuilkin and Ambler met daily during October, sometimes twice a day,--Mr. Collins being out of town most of that month. It was decided to publish 1,000 petitions and circulate these first around the city of Asheville and later go outside. A oopy of this petition appears in "Exhibit A" on page 9. These 1,000 copies were in the course of a few weeks signed up in Asheville and a seoond edition of 5,000 was printed for the purpose of being sent out of town and signed up in the hands of people who were interested. During October an attempt was made to get the endorsement of the Bunoombe County Medical Society and they were asked to appoint an official member to our committee, but this failed. On October 18, 1899, the Parks and Forestry Committee sent fifty letters to governors, senators, and representatives of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, and Virginia, asking permission to use their names in calling for a mass meeting for the purpose of advocating a National Park in the Southern Appalachian Mountains. Very little response was had to these letters.
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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.