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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 49 in the Appalachian National Park Association, these being all the letters now in existence. Many of the others were destroyed. In these letter files will also be found many interesting letters from supporters of the movement. There are seven of these letter files In "Exhibit I". "Exhibit K" oontaining the correspondence of individuals and the Parks and Forestry Committee up to the organization of the National Park Assooiation, has already been referred to in detail. PHOTOGRAPHSi In "Exhibit J" is presented a letter file and a paokage oontaining photographs which were used by the various magazines and publications over the country in oonnection with articles furthering the movement• COST: As has already been said, on page 300 of the Cash Book, "Exhibit D",will be found a list of acreage which could in 1901 have been secured by the government for forest reservation purposes, with the names of the owners thereof and prices then asked for the land. Through the Appalachian National Park Association, these individuals tendered this land to the government at prices quoted, namely, from $1.25 up to $15.00 per aore, with $3.50 as an average. This was the price asked for the timber and the land without water or mineral reservation or strings
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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.