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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 VII reference was made to the forest reserves, as follows: "The question of the Appalachian Forest Reserve has been given considerable attention and consideration by the State Geologist, and he has gone to Washington several times as a member of oommittees to appear before the Speaker of the House of Representatives regarding the passage of the bill relating to the establishment of the Appalachian Forest Reserve. "In investigating the necessity of establishing this Forest Reserve, the President's Conservation Commission, consisting of Hon. Charles F, Scott, of Kansas, Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture, Senator Reed Smoot of Utah, Professor H. S. Graves, Director of the Yale Forest School, and Mr. William Irvine of Wisconsin, together with W. L. Hall of the U. 3. Forestry Department and Joseph Hyde Pratt, State Geologist, make a trip through portions of the mountain seotions of North Carolina and Tennessee. Stops were made at Toecane, Mitchell County; Johnson City, Tennessee; Asheville, Ban- combe County: Waynesville, Haywood County; and Balsam, Jackson Countyi On this trip it was possible to show the Commission the final results that can be expected if the forest areas of the mountain seotions of western North Carolina are cleared. Some areas were noted where
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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.