H.R. 12138

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H.R. 12138

NCWRA_019_04_03_53_01

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H.R. 12138

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H.R. 12138

NCWRA_019_04_03_53_04

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  - Western Carolina University
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  - NCWRA_019_04_03_53_01
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J k V ^ A^ ^:j 57™ CONGRESS, 1st Session. H. R. 12138. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE. March 5, 1902. Mr. Moody, of North Carolina, introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture and ordered to be printed. A BILL For the purchase of a national forest reserve in the southern Appalachian Mountains, to be known as the "McKinley Appalachian National Park and Forest Reserve." 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa* 2 lives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 That the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby empowered and 4 directed to purchase land suited to the purpose of a national 5 park and forest reserve in the Appalachian Mountains within 6 the States of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, 7 Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee, in total extent not to exceed 8 two million acres, and to care for, protect, use, and make 9 accessible the said reserve or any part of it when so pur- 10 chased for a national forest reserve. 11 Sec. 2. That the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby 12 empowered and directed to make such rules and regulations 13 and establish such service as he may deem necessary for the \

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James Montraville Moody (1858-1903) was from western North Carolina. He served in the U.S. Congress and had a law practice in Waynesville, Haywood County, North Carolina. In 1902, Moody introduced H.R. 12138, a bill before Congress, to purchase land for a national forest reserve. By March 1902, when this bill was proposed, the Congressional tide had turned from the creation of a national park to the creation of a national forest. Initiated by the Appalachian National Park Association, in 1903, the association changed its name to the Appalachian National Forest Reserve Association and disbanded in 1905.
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  - Moody, James M. (James Montraville), 1858-1903
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- Date
  - Date original: 1902-03-05
  - Date digitized: 2015-02-03
- Extent
  - Dimension: 11" x 7.75"
  - Pages: 3 pages
- Subject - Topic
- Location
  - Washington (D.C.)
  - Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.)
- Source institution
  - Western Carolina University
- Source Collection
  - Appalachian National Park Association Records
- Identifier
  - NCWRA_019_04_03_53
- Repository
  - North Carolina Western Regional Archives

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