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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 14 board at this convention. Pleasant A. Stovall, editor of the Savannah Press, was then oalled upon and in an eloquent address desoribed the beauties of the Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains, making an earnest plea for the preservation of natural forests and streams. The temporary ohairman then referred to a number of messages from different seotions of the oountry, in which writers expressed interest in the movement and regrets that they were unable to attend. Along these were Charles W. Woolsey, A. B. Andrews, Governor D. L. Russell, Governor Benton McMillan, J. J. Jenkins, A. H. Aull, A. 0. Bacon, J. A. Holmes, James R. Wood, W. W. Kitohens, Hon. Thomas F. Klutz, Hon. J. H. Small, Hon. J. L. MoLauren, and Governor McSweeny of South Carolina. These letters, together with copy of addresses made before the convention will be found with the stenographer's report of the proceedings in the letter file "Literature and Committee Reports" of"Exhlbit I". In response to calls from the floor, Hon. W. F. Crawford addressed the convention and promised his hearty support when the matter was brought before Congress.
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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.