Map of proposed location of an Appalachian National Park

Map of proposed location of an Appalachian National Park

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This map shows a range of locations for a national park as suggested by the Appalachian National Park Association, formed in 1899. The association adopted these boundaries in December 1899. Originally, the idea was for the park to extend eastward to sites like Mount Mitchell and the Black Mountains and dip southward to include Cherokee and Robbinsville. The association favored western North Carolina as the sole site for a proposed national park, but soon expanded their vision to include more of the southern Appalachian mountains. This map is included in Senate Report 5512, dated February 1901.

Appalachian National Park Association

Appalachian National Park Association Records

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

1901

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27625

https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/27625

2015-05-26

Reproduced with permission of North Carolina Western Regional Archives;

West (U.S.)

6" x 9"(dimension)

Great Smoky Mountains - A Park for America