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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 36 its membership was scattered well over the various states east of the Mississippi River—from Maine to Louisiana— and a number of the Western States were represented. A complete list of the membership, taken from the oash book, will be found on the inside front oover of the Minute Book, "Exhibit C", and shows a total membership of 307. As stated above, while the movement was started in Asheville and the work oarried on out of the Asheville office for seven years, the membership of the Association included more individuals living outside of the state than it did in the state; and, one cannot say too muoh or say it too strongly that it was the financial assistance given and the interest aroused by those who became members of the Appalachian National Park Association that eventually brought about the establishment of a national forest reserve in the Southern Appalachians. The Address Book, submitted herewith as "Exhibit B", gives an alphabetically arranged list of both members and others who were interested in the association's activities. Those members who manifested their interest by aotive work, making repeated contributions, and going out of their way to further our proposition, aremarked with a blue pencil in the Address Book. Those who were responsible for publicity in newspapers and magazines are marked with a red "A". A few of the members will be found marked
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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.