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counties, and runniiifr thence easterly along said line and the line 

 between eastern (Irahani County and Swain County to a point on the 

 Tuclvaset>ee River near Bushnell; thence up the Tuckasegee Hiver to 

 a point 2 miles west of Bryson Cit}^; thence due north -t miles; thence 

 east about 1'2 miles to the line dividing- Swain and Jai'ks(jn counties; 

 thence south to the Tuckasegee Kiver; thence east to the Plott Balsam 

 Ridge: then along said ridge, crossing the line between Haywood and 

 Jackson counties, to a point 2 miles west of Waynesville; thence north- 

 eastwardly to Pigeon River; thence down Pigeon River to Fines Creek; 

 thence in a northwestwardl}^ direction to French Broad River, at the 

 mouth of Big Laurel Ci'eek; thence due east to the line dividing Madi- 

 son and Yancey counties; thence due south to a point 2 miles north of 

 the Swanuanoa River; thence easterl}^ along a line parallel with and 

 2 miles north of the line of the Southern Railwa}' Company to a point 

 due north of Old Fort; thence due north to North Toe River; thence 

 down North Toe River to the line dividing the State of Tennessee from 

 the State of North Carolina; thence westwardly in the State of Ten- 

 nessee to Big Butte, at the corner of Washington, Green, and Unicoi 

 counties, in Tennessee, and of Madison County, in North Carolina; 

 thence southwestwardly along the line dividing the State of Tennes- 

 see from the State of North Carolina to Rocky Ridge; thence south- 

 westwardly in a straight line to the French Broad River, at the mouth of 

 Paint Creek; thence down the French Broad river to the mouth of Rock 

 Creek; thence westwardly to the southeast corner of Jelferson County, 

 Tenn.; thence southwestwardly to Round Top, at a corner in the east- 

 erh' line of Blount County, Tenn. ; thence in a southwestwardly direc- 

 tion to the Tennessee line at the mouth of Abram or Panther Creek; 

 thence south to the line dividing Cherokee and Graham counties, in 

 North Carolina, and thence along said dividing line eastwardly to Joanna 

 Bald Mountain, the place of beginning. 



Your petitioner therefore prays that the Congress will take under 

 consideration the matter herein set forth and cause the same to be 

 examined into, and will take such action as will result in causing to be 

 forthwith made such examination and surve}' s as ma}^ be necessary to 

 determine the best possible location and the proper area for a national 

 park in the Southern Appalachian region, to the end that upon the 

 coming in of the report of the foi'ester, or of such other reports as 

 the Congress may desire, appropriate steps may be taken to acquire 

 the title to land to be comprised within the limits of such park; or 

 that the Congress will take such other action as it may deem proper. 



And 3'our petitioners will ever pray, etc. 



Geo. S. Powell, 



President Apj^olachian National Park Association.. 



Dr. C. P. Ambler. 



Secretary. 



Asheville, N. C, December 19, 1899. 



