In this episode of The Green Tunnel, we tell the story of the settler communities that existed along the route of the Appalachian Trail before the AT arrived.
Benton MacKaye dreamed up the Appalachian Trail, and Myron Avery turned that dream into a 2,000-mile trail. Their competing visions of what kind of trail the AT should be continue to be at the heart of discussions about the …
Welcome to The Green Tunnel, a podcast about the history of the Appalachian Trail. We're bringing you the history of the most iconic long-distance hiking trail in the United States.