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Zebulon Weaver to Horace Kephart, December 19, 1924, page 1

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  • ..«>' L Sixty-Eighth Congress. {QjLJLiJi**^* t\ cS URRY, CALrF., CHAIRMAN. HNSON, WASH. ZEBULON WEAVER, N. C. 60WELL, IOWA. WILLIAM C. LANKFORD.GA. /ft* ^ _, * , V <7&M >j W jGL. , , :\adoEm,pa. johne.rank.n.m.ss. UUongre^ ct the €amteb ^tate^ TRONG.KANS. WILLIAM J. DRIVER. ARK. ** " «—-^ *>ww- HowKe of Hepregmiatfoeg CHARLES FJCURRY,CALrF., CHAIRMAN. ALBERT JOHNSON, WASH. ZEBULON WEAVER, N.C CASSIUS C. 60WELL, IOWA. WILLIAM C. LANKFORD,GA, LOUIS T. MCTADDEN, PA. JOHN E. RANKIN, MISS, JAMES G. STRONG, KANS. WILLIAM J. DRIVER, ARK. ALLEN F. MOCRE.ILL. CHARLES L. ABERNETHY.N. C. RICHARD N. ELLIOTT, IND. MILLARD E. TYD1NGS, MD. EDWARD M. BEERS, PA. HERBERT W CUMMINGS, PA. ERNEST W.GIBSON, VT. WILLIAM P. JARRETT, HAWAII. EDWARD E. MILLER, ILL. DAN A. SUTHERLAND, ALASKA. CHARLES F.CURRY, JR., CLERK. r. .1 COMMITTEE ON THE TERRITORIES Washington, B.C. December 19, 1924. Mr. Horace Kephart, Bryson City, 3f* G. Dear Mr. Kephart: I am enclosing you a 13111 which I have introduced for the proposed National Park in the Smoky Mountains. While the Committee designated by the Secretary of the Interior to report on this matter recommended the establishment of a park in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, I find that this was done largely because of what they term accessibility, but that their minds are friendly to the Smoky Mountain.area and that they really consider this place as the best area for a park. I do not know just when this matter will come up for a hearing before the Committee on Public Lands but probably it will come up sometime in January. I know that you are familiar with this area and I would be glad if you could perhaps give me some salient facts relating to the typography and the flora and fauna of these mountains. I want to be able to state as far as possible the reasons why this area should be selected. I know how much you love these mountains and I feel sure that you are greatly interested. If possible I would be more than glad to have you come here and. be heard before the Committee. You might take this matter up with the friends of the proposition in
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