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Report of the Secretary of Agriculture in relation to the forests, rivers, and mountains of the southern Appalachian region

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  • 164 SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION. counties, and running thence easterly along said line and the line between eastern Graham County and Swain County to a point on the Tuckascgee River near Bushnell; thence up the Tuckasegee River to a point 2 miles west of Bryson City; thence due north 1 miles; thence east about 12 miles to the line dividing Swain and Jackson counties; thence south to the Tuckasegee River; thence east to the Plott Balsam Ridge; then along said ridge, crossing the line between Haywood and Jackson counties, to a point 2 miles west of Waynesville; thence northeastwardly to Pigeon River; thence down Pigeon River to Fines Creek; thence in a northwestwardly direction to French Broad River, at the mouth of Big Laurel Creek; thence due cast to the line dividing Madison and Yancey counties; thence due south to a point 2 miles north of the Swannanoa River: thence easterly along a line parallel with and •2 miles north of the line of the Southern Railway Company to a point due north of Old Fort; thence due north to North Toe River; thence down North Toe River to the line dividing the State of Tennessee from the State of North Carolina; thence westwardly in the State of Tennessee to Big Butte, at the corner of Washington, Green, and Unicoi counties, in Tennessee, and of Madison County, in North Carolina; thence southwestwardly along the line dividing the State of Tennessee from the State.of North Carolina to Rocky Ridge; thence southwestwardly in a straight line to the French Broad River, at the mouth of Paint Creek; thence down the French Broad river to the mouth of Rock Creek; thence westwardly to the southeast corner of Jefferson County, Tenn.; thence southwestwardly to Round Top, at a corner in the easterly line of Blount County. Tenn.; thence in a southwestwardly direction to the Tennessee line at the mouth of Abram or Panther Creek; thence south to the line dividing Cherokee and Graham counties, in North Carolina, and thence along said dividing line eastwardly to Joanna Bald Mountain, the place of beginning. Your petitioner therefore prays that the Congress will take under consideration the matter herein set forth and cause the same to be examined into, and will take such action as will result in causing to be forthwith made such examination and surveys as may be necessary to determine the best possible location and the proper area for a national park in the Southern Appalachian region, to the end that upon the coming in of the report of the forester, or of such other reports as the Congress may desire, appropriate steps may be taken to acquire the title to land to be comprised within the limits of such park; or that the Congress will take such other action as it may deem proper. And your petitioners will ever pray, etc. Geo. S. Powell, President Appalachian National Park Association. Dr. C. P. Ambler. Secretary. Asheville, N.C, December 19, 1899.
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