Do you know? AT trivia facts...
Which trail town was home to German POW's?
In PA somewhere near Pine Grove Furnace. I think they shot at us 30 yrs ago while passing thru.
Another trivia question.... maybe a little tougher
What does the term "Jacobs Ladder" have to do with the AT? And I'm not talking about a trail named this.
My guess is that you get multiple answers on this one.
Mine woudl refer to the a yellow blaze in Western MA
http://www.byways.org/explore/byways/13418/travel.html
I believe Hot Springs, NC once had German POW's nearby.
Up and down. Repeat. Smile.Originally Posted by Dakota Dan
Hot Springs, NC
You beat me to it. I think the Hicks that own the campground there are direct decendents from the germans that were held there?
You turned that horseshoe on your porch yet?
Jacobs Ladder was a movie.
The character that played George Costanza in Seinfeld was in the movie.
George Costanza was an aquaintance of the character Newman in Seinfeld.
I met the character Newman in the Atlanta airport last year.
I hike on the AT.
Easy. But how did you know?
Hot Springs interned officers and crew from German merchant vessels that were docked at US ports during the start of WWI. I think they were officially called "enemy aliens" and not POW's.
Waynesboro, Va
Sorry, not Waynesboro but Lyndhurst, just down the hill from where the trail crosses I-64.
It was Hot Springs. When the Germans were released, they liked it so much there that many of them stayed. Let's see, a choice between gorgeous Hot Springs, or war torn Germany. I'd have stayed too. Shoot, I wish I could stay there now LOL.
"It was on the first of May, in the year 1769, that I resigned my domestic happiness for a time, and left my family and peaceable habitation on the Yadkin River, in North Carolina, to wander through the wilderness of America." - Daniel Boone
For one, Jacobs Ladder is the name of the trestle on the Cog tracks you can see from the A.T. The name comes from the Biblical reference and how some people view all the 'hills' on the A.T...Dakota Dan-"What does the term "Jacobs Ladder" have to do with the AT? And I'm not talking about a trail named this."
Bingo.... the Cog Railway was what I was looking for.For one, Jacobs Ladder is the name of the trestle on the Cog tracks you can see from the A.T. The name comes from the Biblical reference and how some people view all the 'hills' on the A.T...
And as most know, a trail by the same name adjoins the AT. But, I excluded the trail as part of the answer.
I was also correct about the German POW's. I Googled it after I saw the other answers,(which may also be correct, didn't check). A group of German Submarine POW's where kept at or near Furnace Grove.
The AT passed by a German POW camp in Southern PA way back in the 70`s.....I belive it has been rerouted away from the location now
Sometimes you can't hear them talk..Other times you can.
The same old cliches.."Is that a woman or a man?"
You always seem out-numbered..You don't dare make a stand.
I thought the Companion said Hot Springs, NC.
Kirby
AT's still there, camp was demolished
I had family working AND intered in a camp in PA.....very weird. THey didn't figure out that they were related until after the POWs were released, and decided to settle.
The long brown path before me leading wherever I choose............................................ ...
Strong and content I travel the open road
~Walt Whitman Song of the open road
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