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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 8 On October 19, 1899, the superintendent of schools, Mr. Eggleston, was approached and asked to have the sohool children pass the petitions and obtain signatures, the committee offering prizes for the longest list. Mr. Eggleston agreed to do this. Ten days later, 1,000 circular letters were sent to the superintendents of public schools asking their cooperation in tne same way. A oopy of this oiroular will be found on page 2 of "Exhibit A". On October 20th, the writer drew up subscription blanks and began oiroulating the same in an effort to raise funds for defraying advertising expenses of the committee. Articles were written for the local papers and the latter part of October, inasmuch as governors and senators had failed to respond, the committee agreed to issue a oall for a mass meeting to be held in Asheville on November 22nd at eleven o'clock. A circular letter was prepared on the letterhead of The Parks and Forestry Committee of the Asheville Board of Trade, and addressed to "The Editor", calling attention to the importance of the movement and particularly to the mass meeting scheduled for November 22nd. A thousand copies of this circular were sent to editors of prominent news-
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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.