North Carolina Park Commission: Purchase Fund statements

North Carolina Park Commission: Purchase Fund statements

Finance

National parks and reserves

North Carolina Park Commission

Acquisition of property

Government purchasing of real property

These Purchase Fund statements are part of the records of the North Carolina Park Commission. They are a small sampling of the thousands collected and housed at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. In 1924, the North Carolina Park Commission was created by the General Assembly to facilitate the establishment of a national park. By 1927, funds for acquiring land amounted to 5 million dollars, two from each state and one million in donations pledged by citizens. By 1930, North Carolina had deeded more than 50,000 acres of land to the Department of the Interior, taking the first tangible steps toward creating a park. Tennessee soon followed suit.

North Carolina Park Commission

North Carolina Park Commission Records

Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

1929

Abbot, D. A.

Coward, W. N.

Cox, John V.

Hooper, W. A.

Powell, I. H.

Weaver, Zebulon, 1872-1948

Webb, Jessie Close, 1863-1960

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