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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 X In the annual report for the year ending November 30, 1907: "The question of an Appalachian Forest Reserve has been given a certain amount of consideration and twice during the short session of Congress, ending March 4, 1907, the State Geologist appeared as a member of Committee to meet with the Speaker of the House regarding this appropriation." In the semi-annual report ending May 31, 1908: "The State Geologist has done considerable correspondence regarding the Appalaohian Forest Reserve and has been to Wasnington to see various members of Congress relating to this aame subject. Although both Houses of Congress were favorable to the bill and it passed the Senate, it was held up in the House through the influence of the Speaker." In the annual report ending November 30, 1908: "In connection with the Appalachian Forest Reserve, a trip was made by the State Geologist, in ooppany with the President's Conservation Committee on Forestry. On this trip it was possible to show the Commission the final results that can be expected if the forest sections of Western North Carolina are cleared."
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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.