Appalachian Trail Museum

Appalachian Trail Museum
Established 2010
Location Pine Grove Furnace State Park, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°01′57″N 77°18′20″W / 40.0326°N 77.3056°W / 40.0326; -77.3056Coordinates: 40°01′57″N 77°18′20″W / 40.0326°N 77.3056°W / 40.0326; -77.3056
Website http://www.atmuseum.org

The Appalachian Trail Museum is located in Pine Grove Furnace State Park near Gardners, Pennsylvania and commemorates pioneer Appalachian Trail builders and hikers including those in the Appalachian Trail Hall of Fame.[1] Artifacts include a 1959 trail shelter from Peters Mountain[2] and vintage hiking equipment such as canes.[1]

The museum was conceived in 1998 and is located in a stone gristmill building of the former Pine Grove Iron Works.[2] It is the first hiking museum in the United States.

The museum is open from noon to 4 p.m. seven days a week from Memorial Day to Labor Day and noon to 4 p.m. on weekends until October 31 and reopens April 1.[1] Parking is adjacent to the Furnace Stack Picnic Pavilion. Admission is free.

Appalachian Trail Hall of Fame

The Appalachian Trail Hall of Fame was established by the museum in 2011.[3] Each year the Museum's Hall of Fame selection committee selects one or more persons to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. Nominations for inclusion are accepted each year using an online survey site. Those eligible for inclusion include anyone who has made an exceptional and positive contribution to the Appalachian Trail or Appalachian Trail Community. Each year's honorees are honored at a Hall of Fame Banquet in June.[4]

The 2011 Charter Class included Myron Avery, Gene Espy, Ed Garvey, Benton MacKaye, Arthur Perkins and Earl Shaffer.[3]

The 2012 Class included Emma Rowena “Grandma” Gatewood,[5] David A. Richie, J. Frank Schairer, Jean Stephenson and William Adams Welch. The 2013 Class included Ruth Blackburn, David Field, David Sherman, David Startzell and Everett (Eddie) Stone.

See also

References

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  1. 1 2 3 "About the Museum". Appalachian Trail Museum Society. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-08.
  2. 1 2 Schneck, Marcus (June 4, 2010). "History, legend and lore of the Appalachian Trail packed into Pennsylvania's newest museum" (PDF). The Patriot-News. Retrieved 2011-08-08. while the 12 years that have passed since the idea for a museum first surfaced… Restoration of the 200-year-old grist mill…led by the Potomac Applachian Trial Club's North Chapter "Yankee Clippers" crew.
  3. 1 2 http://www.ydr.com/ci_18315574
  4. ↑ http://www.kta-hike.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=991&Itemid=26
  5. ↑ http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/review/2014/grandma-gatewoods-walk-inspiring-story-woman-who-saved-appalachian-trail24870
  6. ↑ http://www.gettysburgtimes.com/news/basket/article_e3e9ed0d-8a13-5781-b217-357b313fc8f0.html
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