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Speech in support of an Appalachian National Park

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  • 11 Let us recall the facts that in this region the railfall is greater and anre concentrated than anywhere dno in the United Stetes, 4^ac^ except on th.e north I acific Coast, and that Aiftiidiagsww^^ , are the sources of n&ny important and useful rivers th.at flow into th® Atlantic,, into the Gulf and into the Mississippi, Reiaenber the wards of secretary Wilson: "the regulation of the flow of these rivers can be accomplished only by the conservation of the forests," '.a have seen already that in 1801 the deforestation already accomplished caused floods that resulted in damages aiaounting to |10#POO#flC {or enough to purchase the reserve), and in a speech delivered April ;;6, idol, Senator Depew of Hew l/ork, estimated the damages fre* this cause, froK April 1, 19ni to that date at #13,000,000, The damages along the Watauga river, one of the least and one of the ©est beautiful in Ilorth Carolina and Tennessee, amounted in the period named, to $2,000,000, The Watauga runs through Carter county, Teiiciesoee, and a leading citisen of that county, said to i»e after the floods of 1301, that the county could never recover from the disaster, raid witl:In a week he has repeated the statement* Bridges were washed away, towns submerged, and lives lost, and the roads, which as a rule followed the water courses, were destroyed and the surface of the earth so changed that the highways could not be restored. One i«ay not be justified ia asserting that deforestation is the sole cause of these disastrous floods, but the county referred to has been settled for 130 years, and imr&r before the eoiaing of the lumbersasn had such
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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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