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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 40 ristown (Tenn.) Board of Trade, Major W. W« Stringfield, Dr. Thomas Lawrence, S. R. Ravenel of Highlands, Frank R. Hewitt of Asheville, Arthur M. Fields, and F. S. Odell of Port Chester, N. Y,, were among the larger contributors and never failed to send money the second time when funds ran low. It Is not our purpose here to go through the Cash Book and single out certain names, giving them oredit, because everyone who contributed should be given full oredit. By consulting the Cash Book, however, it will be found that the bulk of the subscriptions were in sums ranging from fifty cents to $5.00 and in many instances oame from children and women, hundreds of miles from the Appalachian Mountains. The total amount of oash received by the Association from the day of organization up to the time the matter was turned over to the Amerioan Forestry Association was $2931.30. Total expenditures as set forth in "Exhibit D" amounted to $3030.82, leaving an overdraft which was paid by the secretary-treasurer. MINUTES of the A.N.P.A. In "Exhibit C" will be found the By-Laws of the Association and report of all meetings held, this Minute Book showing record of all meetings from November 22, 1899 up to and including 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.