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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 XI The following appeared before Congressional committees at various times during the years 1900-1911 in the interest of the Appalachian Forest Reserve bill: J. A. Holmes, L. C. Glenn, W. W. Ashe, E. W. Myers, and Joseph Hyde Pratt. The testimony of these men before the oom- mittees was instrumental in securing favorable action on this bill.
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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.