History and mission of the Appalachian National Park Association

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History and mission of the Appalachian National Park Association

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History and mission of the Appalachian National Park Association

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History and mission of the Appalachian National Park Association

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History and mission of the Appalachian National Park Association

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History and mission of the Appalachian National Park Association

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History and mission of the Appalachian National Park Association

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History and mission of the Appalachian National Park Association

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History and mission of the Appalachian National Park Association

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Details
- Format
  - Minutes (administrative records)
- Type
  - Text
- Source institution
  - Western Carolina University
- Identifier
  - NCWRA_019_12_08_05_03
Transcript

GEO. S. POWELL, President. DR. C. P. AMBLER, Sec. and Treas. ©he Appalachian Jtattonal |*arif A##tf£tatiw ty. ®. $0X 384. — 3. H#h*trtlie, &♦ ©♦> States, and its variety of hard woods and conifers is wonderful. Professor Gray, the eminent botanist, says that he encountered a greater number of indigenous trees in a trip of thirty miles through Western North Carolina than can be discovered in a trip from Turkey to England, and through Europe, or from the Atlantic coast to the Rocky Mountain Plateau, Here is the home of the rhododendron, the meeting place of the flora of the North and South, the only place die -tinctiv* Southern mountain trees may be found side by side with those of the North. Here, too, are found trees of from five to seven feet, and these patriarchial trees, though innumerable, are greatest in dense forests of many valuable and beautiful varieties. There is but one such forest region in America, and the neglect of the opportunity now put forth in saving it may work irretrievable loss. The increasing scarsity of timber is causing the large areas of forests to be rapidly cleared by those whose principle thoughts are immediate returns by a system which is absolutely ruinous to tie the forests. It is the duty of the National Government as the guar- --3-

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Description

This 9-page history of the Appalachian National Park Association was written in April 1901, just a half year after the organization was formed. The 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.
Details
- Creator
  - Appalachian National Park Association
- Format
  - Minutes (administrative records)
- Type
  - Text
- Date
  - Date original: 1900-04-23
  - Date digitized: 2015-02-09
- Extent
  - Dimension: 11" x 8.5"
  - Pages: 9 pages
- Subject - Topic
- Location
  - Appalachian Region, Southern
- Source institution
  - Western Carolina University
- Source Collection
  - Appalachian National Park Association Records
- Identifier
  - NCWRA_019_12_08_05
- Repository
  - North Carolina Western Regional Archives

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