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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 16 on constitution and by-laws had reported. The commitee on by-laws, R. D. Gilmer, chairman, then reported. For details of their report see page 10 of "Exhibit 0", minute book of the Appalachian National Park Association. This report was unanimously adopted. Hon. Josephus Daniels, chairman of committee on resolutions, then made the report for that committee. See page 28 of "Exhibit C", Minute Book of the A.N.P.A. This report was adopted. The Association's Njajne.: At this meeting, Mr. Charles A. Webb moved that the association be known as "The Appalachian National Park Association". Doctor Ambler stated that if the form "Forest Preservation" was dropped from the name, he felt it would be a serious matter. Doctor Ambler moved that the association be oall. ed "The Southern National Park and Forest Reserve Association". The motion was put and first vote resulted in a tie; second vote, ayes 24, noes 32. Mr. Craig then moved that the association be called "The Southern National Park Association". This motion was lost. Mr. John P. Kerr then moved that the report of the committee on by-laws be adopted and this was done. Thus automatically, the name of the association beoame
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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.