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Horace Kephart to Judge Arthur Perkins, February 21, 1930

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  • In this letter to Judge Arthur Perkins, Chairman of the Board of the Appalachian Trail Conference on February 21, 1930, Kephart gives a detailed account of his thoughts concerning the potential route of the Applachian Trail.
  • aryaon I , .C. yah. 51, 1930 Chairman of tha 3oon&v Appalachian ?rail Confaranoa, Ti£a Parfclna, ■lataat JUtc F errors tar of Gaorela, atotlonad at Otflnat* vi.. Laarc thai ,a strongly 4iMrprtf*« <?f «nnl ^ UchSan Trail ¥la to COhutta at and that tbaj vL3 *« to cpo:; or. *o- I that thay will ha*E .,separata on a trmJ tha othar hand, 1 underatan;: laa- ira* tha Cohutta route, Ui . . mtppora, baoau*a ll would carry tho h thrflteh tha ahela 1 jratalr^ Rational F»rt *nd glva thaia diraot nocaaa to the A.T* free any point >lr tide. EMi nmttar much study, «s by a codification of clowl rap. I also thlf&i 'root ih« siaggaatad tha ora&r t»l Gap, %, ## hll mil* and ballavo that 1 hava fo<md a ny to MtU- tha 0*a*r trail that la outlined on tha a mrtanktokmmmtfmmm pareonal fai oouraa thro%h to Gragory #ald and out aj>oco and Jantoetlah La*a and tho Xaatahal* awh ocr* aoonio att; than tha nh*rt cut from ^iitr'a Bald via ■ ^gespany ^, throat • asbaidiary, wtI bagin n of Urga daaa for hydro-alaotrio purpoaa* balcnr 3uihnall, or nokr it, irtiloh will coBplotoly flood tha a&all tow: mt ngl with a daap ^ >Mdine ttpitraaa* I that aa*a, thara wl mm -rowlog at Auhnall nor anyvfcara naar It. ro will aitfay* b« a crosa at &yaara forry* •utftfaation U to Httlnua Ml ..♦ matwanl along tha oraat ef t iaa (atata Una J fro'3 **ileru _i, through tha Eal . sld trail would run dcim tw to tha uhli. .o*nara tfarry on Tapooo La • aoanary all aleu£ thio route: liyraora i'arry tha oroaalne would ba by fan? beat or aoall powor bor-* - ra* ham co- tha trail would folio* tho old wagon rc*d around tha point of I ra tals tu 'fallow Croak, vhara a imrfaoad highway nn1 i uoa alow tha bta choron of janteatlah UM to FtobbiiuTilla, vh*r+ ona oan root and gal 7«o arllla wa would follow t\i aUta highway to th> Uoteut at tha haad of ^hala ?orcav «hara tha vlataf ara j. Laai ItfiMT at tW- ■• wa would dcaoand to I road, balow tha >%llroadv that £0u hala atation C «r.- Hallway* Haro boclna a good road raoontly bull; tha JCaticnal i jrrioa, which t;oaa up tha braci* roa ahloh ot«u battar rt f tha ^orga ara affordad than < Ua alda. 7hio fo» would ba follcwad to Mrti 1 M3c« Than an old ««gon rood would ba tax*.-. ?*llioo Gap, whora tha o&a*r trail lo atruofc. | ra would lo no cha^a I ..aar rout* froo - -i.-- .• Oylathorpa* Kuot«r Lib«ry fip«ci»l COllactiona, K«at«rn C«oliH* tfniv»r»ity, Callowh»,

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Horace Kephart

Background and Early Career Horace Kephart was born in 1862 in Pennsylvania, but spent much of his youth in Iowa. He went on to achieve success in two careers. Trained as a...

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