B Thrash
08-07-2009, 21:58
PA. Question: Is the Thelma Marks Shelter still there or has it been torn down?.
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View Full Version : Thelma Marks Shelter B Thrash 08-07-2009, 21:58 PA. Question: Is the Thelma Marks Shelter still there or has it been torn down?. Lone Wolf 08-07-2009, 22:09 was torn down B Thrash 08-07-2009, 22:28 Was another shelter built near where Thelma Marks Shelter was?. ATRagamuffin 08-07-2009, 22:32 Was another shelter built near where Thelma Marks Shelter was?. Cove Mountain. We stopped there for lunch. stranger 08-08-2009, 05:54 Wasn't that the shelter where the murderer took the guys gear and hiked sobo until someone approached him near Harpers Ferry, was it Maineak? Lone Wolf 08-08-2009, 06:25 Wasn't that the shelter where the murderer took the guys gear and hiked sobo until someone approached him near Harpers Ferry, was it Maineak? yes but it wasn't maineak stranger 08-08-2009, 10:26 Thanks, must of heard wrong, you know how trail gossip goes, and I heard that story in 1995 so memory might have faded somewhat! B Thrash 08-08-2009, 18:14 Cove Mountain. We stopped there for lunch. Thanks for the information, am planning a trip for late September and may stay here, thanks again. FritztheCat 08-08-2009, 23:36 I just read about this shelter in Model T's book "Walking with Ghost Whisperers". Excellent book. Sad story about the young couple that was murdered. Tinker 08-09-2009, 14:36 The story on the murders at Thelma Marks shelter: http://www.nytimes.com/1990/09/23/us/man-is-held-in-slayings-on-appalachian-trail.html I first read of it in Appalachian Hiker II, Ed Garvey's update of his first book about his 1970 hike. ki0eh 08-10-2009, 20:20 Wish I had a better link for a more recent development to the story but the more conventional news article has rotted off: http://cpa-abolitionist.blogspot.com/2006_12_01_archive.html |