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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 27 and clippings from all newspapers in the country pertaining to the measure were oolleoted and filed by the Appalachian National Forest Reserve Association as sent to us by Burrelle Clipping Bureau. Thousands of such clippings were secured and pasted in sorapbooks. Two of these sorapbooks accompany this report as "Exhibit B and Exhibit F". In May 1902, a number of these sorapbooks were loaned to Hon. J. M. Moody, North Carolina Representative, who was then living in National Hotel in Washington. He wanted them in preparing an address to be delivered before Congress and promised to return the same as soon as he was through with them. These books were never reoeived by the Appalachian Forest Reserve Association but Congressman Moody's secretary stated that he mailed the same on May 6th, each book being wrapped separately and addressed under the frank of Hon. J. M. Moody to Dr. C. P. Ambler, Asheville, N. C. On June 19th, Mr. Moody and Dootor Ambler offered a reward of #100.00 for the return of these books, thinking they may have been lost in transit. Notioes of the reward were sent all over the country between Washington and Asheville. A oopy of this notioe will be found on Page 37 of "Exhibit A". The books were never found and it was afterwards assumed that they had probably been burned in a train
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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.