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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 48 most conclusively how the bill for the establishment of a forest reserve in the Southern Appalachians would pass the House one year to be killed in the Senate; and, the next year would pass the Senate to be killed in the House— the bill being knocked back and forth between House and Senate this way for a period of five years, each body recognizing the importance of the bill but the administration would not allow tae same to go through. Much oould be said on the "whys and wherefores" of this, but the least said the better as the government finally took favorable action. As referred to in the first of this report, on page 78 of "Exhibit A" will be found the paper by Dr. Maroy of Boston, written in 1886, advocating this measure. From "Exhibit A", it oan be seen that there were more than 394,100 pieces of printed matter mailed out by the office of the secretary-treasurer during the life of the Association. This of course does not include the large number of articles which were sent to tne 500 newspapers over the four year period, and no doubt there were many others of which no record was made, CORRESPONDENCE: In "Exhibit I", herewith presented, are typewritten carbon copies of many letters written by the secretary-treasurer while holding office
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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.