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This day in Smoky Mountains History

Monday, November 23rd, 2009
Today is the 110th anniversary of the birth of the Smokies as a park. On Nov. 22-23, 1899, leaders gathered at the Battery Park Hotel in Asheville, NC to create the Appalachian National Park Association. A month later, the group sent a petition to Congress requesting a park, and it became the first such proposal from the East to reach a vote.

In 1911, thanks to the group's efforts, the Weeks Act established Cherokee National Forest.

You can read the rest of the Citizen-Times article by clicking here.


Jeff
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