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Speech in support of an Appalachian National Park

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Speech in support of an Appalachian National Park

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  • GEO. S. l>OW«LL, DR. C. P. AMHLE,J§ TTesident. Sec. and Treas. ^^rtlrtchirtn Jlitttotctl $}axt$ ^sfoaatioit y. 0). $0* 384. no. 3. HtfHetiilUi It* <&., on€considers how the most of the Southeaetem country was densely covered with forests in those days, which forests of course were of J*»Hee#ae except as homes for the Indian and wild animals which roamed their thousand glades, no censure cm,Id he placed on those hardy pioneers for the manner in Which they attacked the growing timber, The time has now come however, .when such vast trace of timber have *axS&? value.and when lumber Operations are assuming such an immense magnitude that it is Only a matter of i a few yearsifhen our virgin forests will have entirely disappeared, unless some effort in an organized way is made toward establishing national Reservations. It has long been recognized that the Southern Appalachian Mountains contained an immense area of primeval forests and that the establishment of a Forest Reservation in these mountains woi;ld, first, Be of great "benefit toward the whole Southeastern section, and second, That such a forest Reservation could he established #\ where the graduer of the <ef fcMK scenery would give such a res — ervation a Rational name. Moreover, if such a Forest Res :r- vation and Park v/as established in the Annalachian mountains
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Great Smoky Mountains - A Park for America

This digital collection was created to contribute to the public's understanding of the forces and ideas that led to the establishment of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in 1934. The most vi...

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