Legislation Secured by the Appalachian National Park Association

Legislation Secured by the Appalachian National Park Association

Appalachian National Park Association

Bills, Legislative

Reports

These 14 pages include several drafts of a document titled, “Legislation Secured by the Appalachian National Park Association.” The documents outline the early efforts and successes of the Appalachian National Park Association. On January 4, 1900, the association submitted a Memorial to Congress and, on May 25, 1900, a bill passed authorizing funds to investigate the possibility of a national park. Also in 1901, North Carolina passed a resolution ceding the right to purchase land and acquire title by the federal government; by mid-1901, five other Southern states followed suit. Also in 1901, President McKinley expressed support of the project. Although the organization had major successes early on, their efforts met with resistance and the organization disbanded in 1905.

Appalachian National Park Association

Appalachian National Park Association Records

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

1901-1902;

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minutes (administrative records)

eng

Text

28341

https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/28341

Reproduced with permission of North Carolina Western Regional Archives;

Buncombe County (N.C.)

10.75" x 8.25"(dimension)

14 pages(pages)

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