The Trail Of History

Author : Silas Chamberlin
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300224982
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book On the Trail written by Silas Chamberlin and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2016-10-25 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first history of the American hiking community and its contributions to the nation’s vast network of trails. In the mid-nineteenth century urban walking clubs emerged in the United States. A little more than a century later, tens of millions of Americans were hiking on trails blazed in every region of the country. This groundbreaking book is the first full account of the unique history of the American hiking community and its rich, nationwide culture. Delving into unexplored archives, including those of the Appalachian Mountain Club, Sierra Club, Green Mountain Club, and many others, Silas Chamberlin recounts the activities of hikers who over many decades formed clubs, built trails, and advocated for environmental protection. He also discusses the shifting attitudes of the late 1960s and early 1970s when ideas about traditional volunteerism shifted and new hikers came to see trail blazing and maintenance as government responsibilities. Chamberlin explores the implications for hiking groups, future club leaders, and the millions of others who find happiness, inspiration, and better health on America’s trails. “With rich historical context Silas Chamberlin inspires new appreciation for trailblazers, while sharing the legacy of hiking and its growing importance today, as people find their way to a new relationship with the natural world.”—Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the Woods and Vitamin N “Chamberlin has demonstrated that what at first looks simple—walking on our own two feet—has a complex history of changing cultural associations, social infrastructure, and national significance.”—James Longhurst, University of Wisconsin – La Crosse

Author : Judy Bentley
Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 : 0295748532
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hiking Washington's History written by Judy Bentley and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2021-05-31 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For thousands of years people have traveled across Washington’s spectacular terrain, establishing footpaths and roads to reach hunting grounds and coal mines high in the mountains, fishing sites and trade emporiums on the rivers, forests of old growth, and homesteads and towns on prairies. These traditional routes have been preserved in national parks, restored by cities and towns, salvaged from old railroad tracks, and opened to hikers by Indigenous communities. In this new, full-color edition of the first-ever hiking guide to the state’s historic trails, historian and hiker Judy Bentley teams up with veteran guidebook author Craig Romano to lead adventurers of all abilities along trails on the coast, over mountains, through national forests, across plateaus, and on the banks of the Columbia River. Features include: • 44 hikes, including 12 new additions • Full-color trail maps • A trails timeline that connects hikes to key events • Updated trail descriptions • Accounts from diaries, journals, and archives • Historical overviews of 8 regions of the state • Contemporary and historical photographs Bentley and Romano offer an essential boots-on-the ground history of some of the state’s most fascinating places.

Author : Thomas Johnson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781944958152
Total Pages : 584 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book From Dream to Reality written by Thomas Johnson and published by . This book was released on 2021-03 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of putting the A.T. on the ground and protecting it.

Author : Roy Chapman Andrews
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book On the Trail of Ancient Man written by Roy Chapman Andrews and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Sandra Friend
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780989849524
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.2X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Florida Trail written by Sandra Friend and published by . This book was released on 2016-10-20 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of only 11 National Scenic Trails in America, the Florida Trail was first blazed in October, 1966. Documenting a half century of progress of the creation of America's most unique National Scenic Trail - which stretches from the Big Cypress Swamp to Pensacola Beach, this full-color book weaves together past and present, showcasing the trail's beauty while explaining how it was created. Stories from participants in the process capture the moments that built momentum for both the Florida Trail and the Florida Trail Association.

Author : Stan Cohen
Publisher : Missoula, Mo. : Pictorial Histories
ISBN 13 : 9780933126060
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Trail of '42 written by Stan Cohen and published by Missoula, Mo. : Pictorial Histories. This book was released on 1979 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chiefly photographs of the highway's construction.

Author : Sharif Gemie
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1526114631
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The hippie trail written by Sharif Gemie and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2017-11-10 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first history of the Hippie Trail. It records the joys and pains of budget travel to Kathmandu, India, Afghanistan and other ‘points east’ in the 1960s and 1970s. Written in a clear, simple style, it provides detailed analysis of the motivations and the experiences of hundreds of thousands of hippies who travelled eastwards. The book is structured around four key debates: were the travellers simply motivated by a search for drugs? Did they encounter love or sexual freedom on the road? Were they basically just tourists? Did they resemble pilgrims? It also considers how the travellers have been represented in films, novels and autobiographical accounts, and will appeal to those interested in the Trail or the 1960s counterculture, as well as students taking courses relating to the 1960s.

Author : Alison Behnke
Publisher : Lerner Publications
ISBN 13 : 1467786411
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Timeline History of the Trail of Tears written by Alison Behnke and published by Lerner Publications. This book was released on 2015-11-01 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early nineteenth century, the United States was growing quickly, and many people wanted to set up homes and farms in new areas. For centuries, American Indian nations—including the Cherokee—had been living on the land that white settlers wanted. The US government often stepped in to resolve conflicts between the groups with treaties. Many of these treaties called upon American Indians to give up some of their territory. The conflicts continued as more and more white settlers moved onto American Indian land. Finally, the US government passed the Indian Removal Act of 1830. This law ordered many American Indians to leave their homes. In 1838 military officials forced the Cherokee on a dangerous and heartbreaking journey from their homeland in the southeast region of the United States to territory 800 miles away in what is now the state of Oklahoma. Their journey became known as the Trail of Tears. Learn about the Cherokee Nation's forced removal from their ancestral homeland. Track the events and turning points that led to this dark and tragic time period in US history.

Author : Jeffrey J. Doran
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781725036260
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ramble on written by Jeffrey J. Doran and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ramble On: A History of Hiking How did hiking evolve from the upper-class European sport of alpinism and the publication of an English travel guide into an activity that now has millions of participants all over the world? Who built the thousands of miles of trails that now crisscross America? What did early hikers wear, and what were some of the key innovations that led to our modern array of hiking gear and apparel? And what were some of the reasons why people hiked, and how have those changed over time? Ramble On attempts to answers these and many other questions. This book chronicles hiking's roots in alpinism and mountaineering, the societal trends that fostered its growth, some of the early hikers from the nineteenth century, the first trails built specifically for hiking, the formation of the first hiking clubs, as well as the evolution of hiking gear and apparel. The book includes anecdotal stories of trail development in some of our oldest and most iconic national parks, such as Glacier, Yellowstone, Yosemite, Great Smoky Mountains, Mt. Rainier and Acadia, as well as the first trails that were blazed in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, America's first hiking destination. It also takes a look at some of the peculiar and quirky traditions of some of the early hiking clubs. One of the most compelling stories was the apparel women were forced to wear during the Victorian Era, and the danger those fashion standards posed to women who dared to venture into the mountains. Ramble On also takes a look at some of the issues that currently impact hikers and trails, such as overcrowding and social media, and takes a peek into the future on how some of these trends could unfold.

Author : Jill Rothenbueler Maher
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467140686
Total Pages : 1 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Milwaukee County’s Oak Leaf Trail: A History written by Jill Rothenbueler Maher and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2019-04-08 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Milwaukee loves the Oak Leaf Trail, a 125-mile escape to nature connecting the major Milwaukee County parks. But many have not heard the history behind the trail. Believing parks to be the "lungs of the people," long-range thinkers like Charles Whitnall advocated for the verdant spaces the trail would later snake through. To promote biking as an alternative to precious gasoline during wartime, Harold "Zip" Morgan designed a route that 1960s riders built on. Years later, bicycling enthusiasts worked overtime with local leadership to get a 76-mile route ready for the country's bicentennial, creating the beloved 76 Bike Trail. The Oak Leaf story continues today as local volunteers and politicians advocate for extensions, repairs and other improvements. Join local author Jill Rothenbueler Maher as she uncovers the previously untold stories of a Milwaukee County treasure.