Senate Bill 492 introduced by Senator Pritchard

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NCWRA_019_12_04_16_01

Senate Bill 492 introduced by Senator Pritchard

NCWRA_019_12_04_16_02

Senate Bill 492 introduced by Senator Pritchard

NCWRA_019_12_04_16_03

Senate Bill 492 introduced by Senator Pritchard

NCWRA_019_04_02_39_01

Senate Bill 492 introduced by Senator Pritchard

NCWRA_019_04_02_39_02

Senate Bill 492 introduced by Senator Pritchard

NCWRA_019_04_02_39_04

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- Source institution
  - Western Carolina University
- Identifier
  - NCWRA_019_04_02_39_02
Transcript

2 1 care, protection, and use of such forest reserve, and to sell 2 such wood and timber as may be removed without injury to 3 the forest: Provided, That no wood or timber shall be sold 4 otherwise than by public auction, except to actual settlers, and 5 in no case at less than the appraised value thereof: And pro- 6 vided further, '1 hat the proceeds of such sale shall be covered 7 into the Treasury of the United States. 8 Sec. 3. That the sum of five million dollars, or as much 9 thereof as may be required, is hereby appropriated for the 10 purchase of lands for a national forest reserve, as hereinbefore 11 specified, said reserve to be known as the Southern Appa- 12 lachian Forest Reserve; and said five million dollars shall be 13 available until the expiration of the fiscal year nineteen hun- 14 dred and ten-nineteen hundred and eleven, unless sooner 15 expended. \ \

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Early on, the Appalachian National Park Association met with legislative success. In 1900, a bill passed authorizing funds to investigate the possibility of a national park in the eastern U.S. and, in December 1901, Congress introduced a bill to purchase land. While the Appalachian National Park Association initially argued for a national park, it used the terms “national park” and “forest reserve” somewhat interchangeably. As the bill made its way through Congress, funds were earmarked for a “forest reserve” rather than a “national park.” Unfortunately, when a separate bill was re-introduced in 1902, Congress was not able to reconcile the two bills and they failed.
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- Creator
  - Pritchard, Jeter Connelly, 1857-1921
- Format
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- Date
  - Date original: 1901-12-04
  - Date digitized: 2015-02-04
- Extent
  - Dimension: 11" x 7.75"
  - Pages: 6 pages
- Subject - Topic
- Location
  - Appalachian Region, Southern
  - Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.)
- Source institution
  - Western Carolina University
- Source Collection
  - Appalachian National Park Association Records
- Identifier
  - NCWRA_019_04_02_39_03
- Repository
  - North Carolina Western Regional Archives

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