An uncommon passage : traveling through history on the Great Allegheny Passage Trail / Edward K. Muller ; photographs by Paul G. Wiegman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Muller, Edward K., author.

Contributor:

Wiegman, Paul G., photographer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Natural history--Great Allegheny Passage (Pa. and Md.).

Natural history.

Great Allegheny Passage (Pa. and Md.)--History.

Great Allegheny Passage (Pa. and Md.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Pittsburgh] : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2009]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Great Allegheny Passage Trail forms a hiking and biking route stretching approximately 150 miles from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Cumberland, Maryland, where it connects with the C&O Canal Towpath to reach Washington, DC. The trail is the culmination of many years of work by the Allegheny Trail Alliance, which joined seven separate trail organizations from Pennsylvania and Maryland to acquire and develop the land. Formerly an Indian path, trade route, military road, railway link, and part of the original National Road-the trail is truly a path to American history.An Uncommon Passage guide

Contents:

An uncommon passage : an introduction / Edward K. Muller

The living passage : flora, fauna, and the natural environment / Paul G. Wiegman

"The best passage through the mountains" : Braddock's road in the war for empire, 1752-1758 / Martin West

Migration on the passage : western settlement, 1763-1840 / Jennifer Ford

A passage to commerce : the industrial revolution, 1860-1920 / Robert Gangewere

The spirit of the passage : where past and future meet / Kevin J. Patrick

The Great Allegheny Passage Trail : a community effort / Paul G. Wiegman.

Notes:

"A John D.S. and Aida C. Truxall book"--title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8229-7754-0

OCLC:

891395284