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Legislation Secured by the Appalachian National Park Association

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  • GEO. S. POWELL, DR. C. P. AMBLER, President. Sec. and Treas. Appalachian jRational |£arfc association }9. AD. T£>at 384. agfcetrille, JO, C, —2— Jan. 29th, 1901. South Carolina, ditto. ^ Georgia, ditto. Mat-. 22nd, 1901. Alabama, ditto. Mar. 28th, 1901. Tennessee, ditto. Governor signed Rpril 25th. Virginia, ditto. Jul, 3 - 10th "01. Sec. Wilson accompanied by Prof, Gifford Pinchot , chief of the Government Forestry Bureau, J. A. Wilson, ,— iff private secretary to Sec. Wilson, W. J. McGee, U, S. Bureau of Ethnology, F. H. Newell, U. S. Geological Survey, J. A, Holmen, State Geologist, Hon. Theo F. Klutz, 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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  • These 14 pages include several drafts of a document titled, “Legislation Secured by the Appalachian National Park Association.” The documents outline the early efforts and successes of the Appalachian National Park Association. On January 4, 1900, the association submitted a Memorial to Congress and, on May 25, 1900, a bill passed authorizing funds to investigate the possibility of a national park. Also in 1901, North Carolina passed a resolution ceding the right to purchase land and acquire title by the federal government; by mid-1901, five other Southern states followed suit. Also in 1901, President McKinley expressed support of the project. Although the organization had major successes early on, their efforts met with resistance and the organization disbanded in 1905.