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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 37 with both the blue and the red pencil. FINANCES of the A.N.P.A. In "Exhibit D", the Cash Book, submitted herewith, will be found a detailed report of the finances of the Appalachian National Park Association from its organization on November 22, 1899 to April 25, 1906. The books often showed a deficit; were frequently audited and passed upon by a committee, and reports of these audits will be found in the Cash Book. At the final wind-up, there was a deficit inourred by the secretary for printed matter, stamps, traveling expenses, etc. This was never liquidated and, as shown by the books, still stands at this date (April 25, 1927J. Our first monies reoeived were from memberships of individuals, a charge of $2.00 being made for membership in the association. By referring to the Cash Book, it will be found that on November 30, 1899 the first large subscription was from the Southern Railway Company, amounting to $100.00 and was given through M. V. Richards, at that time land and industrial agent of the Southern Railway. From the date of organization down to the time the association was disbanded, whenever the organization got up against it to the point and extent that it had to stop sending out publicity for lack of funds, the seoretary
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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.