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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 47 and prominent individuals. This booklet was printed in several editions, up to the 6th, usually five thousand copies being issued at one time. Eaoh edition was an enlargement of the one preceding, as shown on pages 45, 46, 47, 48, and 72 of "Exhibit A". The copy for these booklets was compiled by the secretary-treasurer. On page 50 of this exhibit is one of the first illustrated artioles appearing in a magazine. This was written by C. P. Ambler and was published in "Oountry Life in America" May 1902. The editor sent the Association 500 copies, gratis, to be distributed. On pages 53, 13, 55, and 56 are speeches of Hon. William Elliott of South Carolina and Hon. J. M. Moody of North Carolina. On page 59 is an article by the secretary-treasurer which appeared in the Charlotte Medical Journal on the proposed Appalachian National Forest Reserve from a olimatological point of view. This article was copied by practioally all the medical Journals of the country. On page 69 of this Exhibit appears a tabulated list of the important work which had been accomplished and legislation secured by the Appalachian National Park Association, from organization on November 22, 1899 up to October 20, 1902. This tabulation shows
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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.