16 August 2025

The Real Appalachian Trail BC

Read a bit of the History on the Appalachian Trail.

 

The Real
Appalachian Trail BC*

  

Robert S. Bristow

Bob, the Happy Hiker 1974-75

 

*Before Cell Phones 

 

$14.95 

The Appalachian Trail Museum

1120 Pine Grove Road

Gardners, PA 17324




Contents

 

Preface

ii

Acknowledgements

v

The Real Appalachian Trail BC, Before Cell Phones

1

Brief History of the Appalachian Trail

19

Georgia, Food

53

North Carolina / Tennessee, Gear

73

Virginia / West Virginia, AT Towns

101

Maryland / Pennsylvania, Section Hikers

129

New Jersey / New York, Urban Sprawl

151

Connecticut / Massachusetts, Volunteers

175

Vermont / New Hampshire, On Trail Lodging

193

Maine, Wilderness

209

Epilogue

229


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