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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 34 2, 1905, the Appalachian National Forest Reserve Association sent to the American Forestry Association the resolution, a oopy of which will be found on page 242 of the Minute Book, "Exhibit C". The text of this resolution was to the effect that the movement had now become so great and the oountry was so vitally Interested, the matter was so important, the American Forestry Association was so much larger than our Appalachian National Forest Reserve As-- sociation, its standing was so well established throughout the oountry that they oould bring more weight to bear; and that as we had exhausted our resources in time, energy and money and as many of our members were becoming pessimistic as to our ultimate success and the bulk of the work was devolving upon three or four men, our association offered to the Amerioan Forestry Association to turn over to them our membership and let them assume the burden of carrying the matter. This the Amerioan Forestry Association gladly accepted and the Applachian National Forest Reserve Association was dissolved. It is now twenty-three years since the Association disbanded. In attempting at this late date to write a summary of the work from 1899 to 1905, the writer has refreshed his memory both from the Minute Book, the
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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.