Virginia's Lost Appalachian Trail.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kelly, Mills.

Series:

History & Guide

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Appalachian Trail--History.

Trails--Virginia--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (130 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : Arcadia Publishing Inc., 2023.

Summary:

Walk in the footsteps of Virginia's earliest hikers. For more than two decades hikers on the Appalachian Trail in Virginia walked through some of the most beautiful landscapes of the southern mountains. Then, in 1952, the Appalachian Trail Conference moved the trail more than 50 miles to the west. Lost in that move were opportunities to scramble over the Pinnacles of Dan, to sit on Fisher's Peak and gaze out over the North Carolina Piedmont, or to cross the New River on a flat-bottomed boat called Redbud for a nickel. Historian and lifelong hiker Mills Kelly tells the story of a 300-mile section of the Appalachian Trail that is all but forgotten by hikers, but not by the residents of the Southwestern Virginia counties that the trail used to cross.

Contents:

Intro

Half Title Page

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Maps

Preface

Acknowledgements

Beginnings

First Steps

Bent Mountain

Floyd County

Something Hidden? Go and Find It

Pinnacles of Dan

Foggy Camp

Furniture Town

Crossing the River

Into the Wilds

Traces of the Past

Bibliography

About the Author.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Kelly, Mills Virginia's Lost Appalachian Trail

ISBN:

9781439677148

OCLC:

1370496264