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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 35 Cash Book, and various books showing articles written. It is not only quite possible but it is extremely probable that he has failed to mention persons who should have been mentioned and has failed to give credit where credit is due; but if such failure has occurred, it is entirely due to lapse of time and memory. It was the loyal and staunch spirit and endeavor of Asheville men and their friends that oalled the attention of the oountry to this proposition, finally got favorable hearing in Congress and paved the way to the point and extent that only recently it now appears that we will have not only our present large forest reserves In the Southern Appalachian Mountains but, through the recent assistance of the Rockefeller Foundation, we will have a national park which in years to oome will compare favorably with any in the country. MEMBERSHIP of the A.N.P.A. Following the organization of the Appalachian National Park Association, every effort was made on the part of the secretary to secure memberships. Article VIII of the By-Laws (page 17 of Exhibit C) provides that any person, firm, or corporation may become a member of the association upon the payment to the secretary-treasurer of a $>2.00 membership fee. Naturally the first members were secured in Asheville and vicinity, although during the life of the Association,
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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.