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Park History Profile: George Masa
Masa stood at the prominent height of five foot nothing, and weighed in at 100 pounds. When taking into consideration just how big, bulky, and ridiculously heavy cameras were in...
The History of Great Smoky Mountains National Park
The story in a nutshell: everyone was evicted and then the government made a park. But history is a bit more complicated than that. Let's dive in, shall we?
The History of Baxter State Park
It's not often I can point to a single person and say, "This guy gets all the credit in making the park." In the case of one Percival Proctor Baxter,...
7 Things About the AT’s Past That Might Surprise You
Did you know that the AT was never originally intended to be thru-hiked? Or that it was first planned as a means of connecting a chain of quasi-socialist utopian communities?
The History Behind Springer Mountain
It's almost six years now; six years since I was introduced to world of the Appalachian Trail. For years I found myself in near constant research as I dreamed of...