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Appalachian National Park: Synopsis of work accomplished

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  • Jan. 10, 1901—Senator Pritchard introduces a bill praying for an appropriation of five million dollars for the establishment of a forest reserve in the Southern Appalachian mountains, approximating two million acres. Bill referred to Committee on Agriculture. Jan. 28, 1901—Senator Pritchard's bill asking for an appropriation of five million dollars was reported back favorably by the Committee on Agriculture. Jan. 18, 1901—North Carolina passed a bill ceding to the National Government the authority to acquire title for forest reserve purposes, with exemption from taxes. Jan. 29,1901—South Carolina, ditto. Georgia, ditto. Mar. 22, 1901—Alabama, ditto. Mar. 28, 1901—Tennessee, ditto. Virginia, ditto. July 3-10, 1901—Secretary Wilson accompanied by Prof. Gifford Pinchot, chief of the Government Forestry Bureau, J. A. Wilson, private secretary to Secretary Wilson, W. J. McGee, U. S. Bureau of Ethnology, F. H. Newell, U. S. Geological Survey, J. A. Holmes, State Geologist, Hon. Theo. F. Kluttz, member of Congress of seventh district, spent ten days in the Southern Appalachian mountains making a personal investigation of the sites wherein it is proposed to establish the Appalachian Forest Reserve.
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  • This 32-page booklet is titled, “Appalachian National Park: Synopsis of work accomplished” since the founding of the Appalachian National Park Association. While the booklet is titled “fourth edition,” the first three editions have a different title and content. The first, second, and third editions are titled, “Reasons in Favor of the Establishment of a National Park in the Mountains of Western North Carolina.”