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Senate Bill 5518

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  • O FOREST RESERVE IN SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION. the line dividing those States and embracing land in each of them. In the eastern end of this tract will be found, with others, the following-named mountains: Altitude in feet. Mount Mitchell 6, 711 Balsam Cone 6, 671 Deer Mountain 6, 233 Roan Mountain 6,313 Big Craggy * 6,068 Potato Top 6,393 Black Brother 6, 619 Cat Tail Peak 6, 611 Black Dome - 6, 502 Mount Gibbs 6,591 Mount Hallback 6,403 Hairy Bear 6, 691 Long Ridge 6,259 In the western part of said tract will be found Mount Guyot (altitude 6,636 feet), Clingman'sDome (altitude 6,650 feet), Bald Mountain (altitude 6,220 feet), and many other high mountains, as well as the untouched tract of virgin forest hereinbefore referred to. Your petitioner therefore states that, in its opinion, by far the best land for the Appalachian national park lies between parallels 35 and 37 of north latitude, and between the lines 82 and 85 of west longitude, and within the tract described as follows: Beginning at Joanna Bald Mountain, in the State of North Carolina, on the line dividing the county of Graham from Cherokee and Macon counties, and running thence easterly along said line and the line between eastern Graham County and Swain County to a point on the Tuckaseigee River near Bushnell; thence up the Tucka- seigee River to a point 2 miles west of Bryson City; thence due north 4 miles; thence east about 12 miles to the line dividing Swain and Jackson counties; thence south to the Tuckaseigee 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 east to the line dividing Madison and Yancey counties; thence due south to a point 2 miles north of theSwannanoa 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 Butt, 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. (See map.) 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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