Completion of the Appalachian Trail
In August 1937, after almost 20 years of hard work and collaboration between the US Government, local hiking groups, and private land owners, the Appalachian Trail was completed.
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In August 1937, after almost 20 years of hard work and collaboration between the US Government, local hiking groups, and private land owners, the Appalachian Trail was completed.
Bill Bryson introduces the history and ecology of the Appalachian Trail.
This illustrated history recounts how, for the past three hundred years, hurricanes have altered lives and landscapes along the Georgia-South Carolina seaboard.