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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 19 three and four times within the month. A complete record of the minutes of the Association's meetings will be found in "Exhibit C". A memorial to Congress was prepared by Charles MoNamee, a member of the committee on petitions and memo- rials. This memorial was dated Deoember 19, 1899 and a oopy appears on page 13 of "Exhibit A". In this memorial, Mr. MoNamee embodied the reasons for the asking for a National Park in the Appalachian Mountains and in fact, his memorial was so comprehensive in form that up to the present, we have never heard a new reason or new argument presented as to why the state or federal government should establish either a forest reserve or park in the Southern Appalachians. This memorial was presented to the Senate by Senator Pritchard. A copy of Senator Pritchard's bill with the presentation of the memorial appears on page 14 of "Exhibit A". Accompanying tais memorial was a map--which by the way, was actual hand pen work by the seoretary-- a oopy of which will be found under the memorial above mentioned on page 13 of "Exhibit A", showing the boundaries within which such forest reservation or park should be established. Up to this date (April 25, 1927) such lands a3 the government has bought for forest reservation pur-
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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.