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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 9 papers. See page 1 of "Exhibit A". Two thousand reprints of the article appearing in MoQuilkin's "Southern Pictures and Pencillings" were also mailed out at about this time. On October 30th, arrangements were made with "Southern Pictures and Pencillings" whereby t.his magazine was increased from sixteen to thirty-two pages, the last sixteen to be devoted to the movement for a national park in the Southern Appalachians. The committee agreed to pay for 2,000 copies. The committee also was to solicit advertising matter and funds received in this manner were to go to the committee. On October 30th, the Asheville schools turned in 2,000 petition blanks with the same fully signed up and the Southern Railway was asked for rates for parties attending the National Park Convention. A room was secured in Battery Park Hotel, Associated Press representatives were interested and asked to send out notices of the meeting, which was done, and subscriptions paid at this tine were published in the Asheville papers. On October 31st, Captain Patton was asked to act as chairman of the meeting and Locke Craig agreed to make an address. On tnis date another oir-
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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.