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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 10 oular letter was prepared for the newspapers and the Associated Press gave notioes of the meeting to be held on the 22nd of November. On November 1st, MoQuilkin and Ambler met to prepare oiroulars embodying all the argument used up to that time in favor of the park. On the 4th, a report was made to the Asheville Board of Trade of the work done to date. On the 12th, oiroulars were sent to all newspapers in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, and Virginia, giving notioes of the oonventlon and most of the newspapers published same. The Board of Trade had a special meeting on the 17th in referenoe to the convention and sent out fifty letters to prominent people inviting them as guests of the convention. Mr. MoKlssick, who was then manager of Battery Park Hotel, also invited thirty as his personal guests. On November 17th, the Board of Trade appointed sub-committees for all arrangements for the convention on the 22nd. On the 19th, the committee made arrangements with "The Asheville Citizen" for a special edition of five thousand copies, the committee to furnish the material
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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.