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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 25 the Senate and would be killed in the House by non-action, and the following year, a bill would go through the House and die in the Senate on account of non-action. It looked as though the Committee on Rules would not allow the bill to be placed before both Senate and House the same year and, for this reason, while continued interest was being aroused over the country, the sentiment of all was that the government should act, no legislation was passed. On Page 69 of "Exhibit A" will be found a circular which was printed by the Appalachian National Park Association showing the dates of bills presented and aotion taken by one or the other of the bodies of Congress from November 22, 1899 to October 10, 1902. Following 1900, the association formed in Asheville got together a list of large tracts of land in the Southern Appalachian Mountains and approached the orners to secure prices thereon. In 1901, there was offered to the federal government, through the Appalachian National Park Association, a million and one half acres of land in the Southern Appalachian Mountains at a price ranging from $1.25 to $15.00 per acre, with &3.50 as the average price for land and the timber, without water or mineral reservations or strings of any kind attached. A
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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.