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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 42 On page 118 of the Minute Book will be found a long list of questions asked by Senator Pritchard, these being referred to the Association with request that answer* be gotten up to the same. Complying with this request involved an immense amount of work but the answers were sent in through the secretary. Both questions and answers will be found on pages 118 to 122. The minutes of the annual meeting on September 10, 1902 give a report of the secretary-treasurer showing that out of the total monies collected to that date-- $2,371.00—the sum of $1,291.00 had been subscribed and paid by the citizens of Asheville. In the Minute Book, "Exhibit C", will be found reports on the means adopted for getting the various five states to pass bills ceding to the national government the right to acquire title and exempting suoh lands for park purposes from taxation. We are not embodying a complete report of these methods inasmuch as this report is acoompanied by the Minute Book. PUBLICITY—Newspapers: Immediately following the first meeting of the Association, every endeavor was made to secure the interest of the various newspapers as it was recognized that little or nothing was known of forestry in the United States and in order to secure
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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.