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History and mission of the Appalachian National Park Association

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  • GEO. S. POWELL, " DR- c- p- AMBLER, President. Sec. and Treas. ®hz Appalachian |tatumal $?art? ^swraation ty, ®. $0X 384, A,p.—2. ^UrhetrflU, J|» ©♦> advocated the project and as yet no unfavorable criticisn has been heard or written and it seems practically certain that there will now eventually be some such a National Park estab- li shed, This unanimous approval and endorsement of the effort to secure to the Southern Appalachian region a National Park is but the spontaneous demand of those who are acquainted with the Southern Appalachian region. For hwere can you find such rare natural beauty as in Western North Carolina and Eastern Tennessee, or, more definitely speaking, in the Great Smoky Mountains, the Balsam Mountains, and the Black and craggy mountains? Here are the most beautiful as well as th;e highest mountains East of the lofty Western ranges; forty-three mountains of over six thousand (6000) feet in altitude, as well as a great number of inferior height, all cloth -ed with virgin forests and intersected by deep walleys, a- bounding in brooks, rivers and waterfalls, combine to make this region one of unsurpassed attractiveness. The superb forests of the Southern Appalachian system are superior to those of any other part of the United S --2--
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