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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 12 pledging the support of his Columbia newspaper; and, called for nomination of temporary secretary. George Smathers nominated A. H. MoQuilkin who begged to be excused and in turn nominated C. P. Ambler. The nomination was seconded and Doctor Ambler was elected temporary seoretary. The chairman then requested the Hon. Locke Craig of Asheville to address the convention. Mr. Craig outlined his idea of the necessities for this meeting and delivered an able argument in favor of preservation and protection of the southern mountains in the primitive state. The chairman then declared the oonventlon open for business. G. H. Smathers nominated the following committee on resolutions: Josephus Daniels of Raleigh, A. H. MoQuilkin of Asheville, J. J. Seay of Knoxville, Moses H. Cone of Greensboro, and Pleasant A. Stovall of Savannah. Charles MoNamee, at that time in charge of the Vanderbilt Estate, proposed the following names as a committee on permanent organization: Col. A. M. Waddell R. F. Hunt, F. C. Mason, J. C. Garlington, and Charles A. Webb; and the committee was unanimously elected. The following committee on By-Laws was
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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.