A.T. Museum ~ Update

**Red Wolf** · 07-26-2012, 11:00

Originally Posted by Red Wolf

.......................Larry Knutson wrote this morning the following:
"Good morning everyone (July 24). We are all set now for Friday and Saturday, with a full size crew and support team. Keep your toes crossed the weather holds for our project. Thanks! Larry K."
Thanks to all,
Robert "RW"

I have called Penn Trails crew off for today and will not be going up to Deans Gap Shelter.NWS shows increased percentage of thunder/lightning for today (Thursday, July 26).
Will assess tomorrow's forecase this evening, again tomorrow morning 0730, and decide from there as to what will happen.
Larry

**Red Wolf** · 07-27-2012, 09:43

Thursday (July 26) ~ PLANS for Friday (July 27):

At this point, the NWS forecast for tomorrow morning is good enough to plan the following;

I have several of the Penn Trails crew to come in the morning, to help me brush out the corridor. We will arrive about 0900.
We cannot move the pallet materials in to place, with the chance of rain Friday and Friday evening, as the pallet containers have corrugated sidewalls that cannot get vewet.
I will pick up the rental generator and demo hammer tomorrow as well. If I can squeeze it in, I will do some demo work tomorrow depending on the weather.
Hopefully, Deans Gap road was not too wet from the storm today, or take on much more water before Saturday. IF the road is too saturated, we wont be able to get the 26' flatbed up there. Frpm, the gate to the truck staging area is .6 mile, then .2 mile from there to the site. We need to get fairly close to where the skid steer will be operating. Since Penn Trails is renting it, I cant afford to get the truck stuck or banged up.
As of now, we will go Saturday morning, IF we can prep done tomorrow and the NWS forecast holds for Saturday, which is not all that great;
I will assess weather and logistics tomorrow, send an update in afternoon if not before.

Larry K.

Friday (July 27)
We are going to proceed this morning, at 0900, clearing corridor with some of my Penn Trails crew.
I will go ahead and pick up rental generator and demo hammer as well, since I loose the rental if I dont pick it up today.
Forecast for today and tomorrow is not looking good.
Will need to make decision around 5pm today.
Larry

**Red Wolf** · 07-28-2012, 15:05

Attachment 16816 Attachment 16817
Friday Update (July 27)
2 of 2 of today's work effort.
Cleared a path for the skid steer and staged the pallet material in prep for tomorrows work.

Friday evening (July 27)
This message is to reaffirm we are a go for Saturday morning, 0830, at the intersection of Mountain Road and Deans Gap Road.
Larry Knutson

~ RW

**Red Wolf** · 07-29-2012, 14:34

.................................................. ..............................the pallet material in prep for tomorrows work.
Friday evening (July 27)
This message is to reaffirm we are a go for Saturday morning, 0830, at the intersection of Mountain Road and Deans Gap Road.
Larry Knutson

~ RW

[/QUOTE]Here are the attachments which I was unable to post yesterday for whatever reason (?)
They are pics of the shelter, area, and crew (note: double-click the menu selections)
~see attachments below at bottom:

I hope to have the Saturday work update later today or in the morning. I'll will not be online much
longer today ~ trying to get a mailing to recent Museum visitors out in tomorrow's mail.
HAPPY TRAILS !
Robert "RW"
A.T. Museum Membership Secretary
membership email: atmuseumfriends@gmail.com
volunteer email: atmuseumgreeters@gmail.com
Museum website: www.atmuseum.org

**Red Wolf** · 07-31-2012, 13:16

Here are some excerpts from Larry Knutson's report Re: Dean's Gap (Shaffer) Stone Shelter:

"Earl Shaffer constructed the shelter (Dean's Gap Shelter) from stones contained in an early 19 th.century pasture wall on the west side of the site. ..................approximately 14.8 feet long, 10.6 feet wide, 6.9 feet tall at its highest open face side and 4 feet tall in the rear. The walls sat upon additional buried stone, one foot on average below grade."

"On Saturday , July 28, I arrived at the site at 0900...................Karen was there with a group of ten volunteers…………….Karen has a complete roster of all the volunteers who put in a very rigorous and demanding day, that for many ended nine hours after they arrived that morning at 0800.

I can't say enough about all that Walt "Fuzz" Gehrett and his buddy, Brian "Hootie" Group did that day for this project's success and completion. Fuzz works with VALLEY QUARRIES , who donated the skidsteer, trailer and commercial dump truck to haul it, as well as, all the fuel for both. Fuzz just about beat his body to a pulp, running that skid steer up and down Dean's Gap Road all day....eight 1.5 miles each round trips from the site to the pallet staging area. Hootie took the task of handling the demolition hammer for most of the structure, as he is familiar with the equipment............As I discussed with Karen Balaban (Susquehanna Appalachian Trail Club), without Fuzz, we wouldn't have completed this project."

.............(demolition work and hauling from site to pallet staging area continues).

"By now, it was after 3:30 and the weather had finally given up being cooperative. A very strong storm came in with heavy rain and lightening. We had lost a pallet half way down the road, as it came apart from the load. Another pallet made it to the truck, but then blew apart. Two other pallets were down on the truck with five others. Most of the crew was down the mountain and was able to get into their vehicles.Gary helped me restack stone from the one that blew apart on the way down the mountain. Fuzz was still on his way down with the final pallet when the storm hit us really hard.

When Fuzz got the pallet lifted on to my truck deck and started to pull away, the 1000 lb. load started to slide across across the deck, hydro planning on the heavy water rolling off the surface. At the last minute,Fuzz caught it with his fork blade and I managed to get a synch strap on it and around two other pallets to hold it in place. Between the lightening, heavy rain, and the sliding pallet, that was our scary moment of the day.

By 1730 we had packed up all the machinery, gear and equipment. A number of the crew ended their long day then, with Gary, Mike, Karen, Hootie, Fuzz and I heading out in our various vehicles towards Pine Grove Furnace State Park, about 40 minutes on the other side of the valley. Karen took the lead in her car, followed by me in the loaded flatbed truck, Mike behind me, Fuzz with his dump truck and skid steer trailer and Hootie in his pickup. It was quite the procession going down the mountain at Sterretts Gap, along Route 34, through Carlisle, out on Ritner Highway to the Newville area and then straight up Route 233 to Pine Grove Furnace and the storage site. I am quite sure Earl Shaffer never figured his stone shelter would move across the
Cumberland Valley."

.........(we all) "left Pine Grove Furnace about 1930, some 12.5 hours after I started that morning. Mike then followed me in the Penske truck, back to Mechanicsburg for drop off, and then back up I-81 to my own vehicle.The day for Mike and I ended about 2100."......................

"For my part, I am happy to have contributed more than 100 hours, as PennTrails, towards the goal of saving and transporting the historic shelter to the museum grounds, where it will now wait for reassembly.

~ Larry Knutson, Owner ~ Penn Trails LLC "

CONGRATULATIONS ! ! ! ~~Larry Knutson and crew, all of us in the Appalachian Trail community owe you a
HUGE DEBT of GRATITUDE for saving this piece of our Appalachian Trail history. "KUDOS" !

HAPPY TRAILS !
Robert "RW" Croyle, A. T. Museum Membership Secretary
membership email: atmuseumfriends@gmail.com
volunteer email: atmuseumgreeters@gmail.com
Museum's website: www.atmuseum.org

**Red Wolf** · 08-01-2012, 15:54

Originally Posted by Red Wolf

Here are some excerpts from Larry Knutson's report Re: Dean's Gap (Shaffer) Stone Shelter:

"Earl Shaffer constructed the shelter (Dean's Gap Shelter) from stones contained in an early 19 th.century pasture wall on the west side of the site. ..................approximately 14.8 feet long, 10.6 feet wide, 6.9 feet tall at its highest open face side and 4 feet tall in the rear. The walls sat upon additional buried stone, one foot on average below grade."

"On Saturday , July 28, I arrived at the site at 0900...................Karen was there with a group of ten volunteers…………….Karen has a complete roster of all the volunteers who put in a very rigorous and demanding day, that for many ended nine hours after they arrived that morning at 0800.

I can't say enough about all that my old trail friend Walt "Fuzz" Gehrett and his buddy, Brian "Hootie" Group did that day for this project's success and completion. Fuzz works with VALLEY QUARRIES , who donated the skidsteer, trailer and commercial dump truck to haul it, as well as, all the fuel for both. Fuzz just about beat his body to a pulp, running that skid steer up and down Dean's Gap Road all day....eight 1.5 miles each round trips from the site to the pallet staging area. Hootie took the task of handling the demolition hammer for most of the structure, as he is familiar with the equipment............As I discussed with Karen Balaban (Susquehanna Appalachian Trail Club), without Fuzz, we wouldn't have completed this project."

.............(demolition work and hauling from site to pallet staging area continues).

"By now, it was after 3:30 and the weather had finally given up being cooperative. A very strong storm came in with heavy rain and lightening. We had lost a pallet half way down the road, as it came apart from the load. Another pallet made it to the truck, but then blew apart. Two other pallets were down on the truck with five others. Most of the crew was down the mountain and was able to get into their vehicles.Gary helped me restack stone from the one that blew apart on the way down the mountain. Fuzz was still on his way down with the final pallet when the storm hit us really hard.

When Fuzz got the pallet lifted on to my truck deck and started to pull away, the 1000 lb. load started to slide across across the deck, hydro planning on the heavy water rolling off the surface. At the last minute,Fuzz caught it with his fork blade and I managed to get a synch strap on it and around two other pallets to hold it in place. Between the lightening, heavy rain, and the sliding pallet, that was our scary moment of the day.

By 1730 we had packed up all the machinery, gear and equipment. A number of the crew ended their long day then, with Gary, Mike, Karen, Hootie, Fuzz and I heading out in our various vehicles towards Pine Grove Furnace State Park, about 40 minutes on the other side of the valley. Karen took the lead in her car, followed by me in the loaded flatbed truck, Mike behind me, Fuzz with his dump truck and skid steer trailer and Hootie in his pickup. It was quite the procession going down the mountain at Sterretts Gap, along Route 34, through Carlisle, out on Ritner Highway to the Newville area and then straight up Route 233 to Pine Grove Furnace and the storage site. I am quite sure Earl Shaffer never figured his stone shelter would move across the
Cumberland Valley."

.........(we all) "left Pine Grove Furnace about 1930, some 12.5 hours after I started that morning. Mike then followed me in the Penske truck, back to Mechanicsburg for drop off, and then back up I-81 to my own vehicle.The day for Mike and I ended about 2100."......................

"For my part, I am happy to have PennTrails contribute the many hours, over the past year, towards the goal of saving and transporting the historic shelter to the museum grounds, where it will now wait for reassembly.

~ Larry Knutson, Owner ~ Penn Trails LLC "

CONGRATULATIONS ! ! ! ~~Larry Knutson and crew, all of us in the Appalachian Trail community owe you a
HUGE DEBT of GRATITUDE for saving this piece of our Appalachian Trail history. "KUDOS" !

HAPPY TRAILS !
Robert "RW" Croyle, A. T. Museum Membership Secretary
membership email: atmuseumfriends@gmail.com
volunteer email: atmuseumgreeters@gmail.com
Museum's website: www.atmuseum.org

SOME PICS:
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Deans Gap Shelter relocated to the Museum!

This is the last remaining shelter that Earl Shaffer built. The museum has a log shelter that Earl built - all the others have been destroyed. When the A.T. was relocated decades ago on the ridge north of Carlisle, Pa., this shelter was left isolated, over a mile from the A.T. It hasn’t been used for years and has begun to decay. The Museum Society is attempting to preserve it as a good example of the stone shelters built by A.T. pioneers more than a half century ago. The shelter will be rebuilt on the Museum grounds in the configuration as close to the original structure as possible.

**Red Wolf** · 08-02-2012, 13:18

Originally Posted by Red Wolf

Here are some excerpts from Larry Knutson's report Re: Dean's Gap (Shaffer) Stone Shelter:

....................."On Saturday , July 28, I arrived at the site at 0900..........................…………….Karen has a complete roster of all the volunteers who put in a very rigorous and demanding day, that for many ended nine hours after they arrived that morning at 0800.............................................. ....................................Between the lightening, heavy rain, and the sliding pallet, that was our scary moment of the day.

By 1730 ..............A number of the crew ended their long day then, with Gary, Mike, Karen, Hootie, Fuzz and I heading out in our various vehicles towards Pine Grove Furnace State Park, about 40 minutes on the other side of the valley. Karen took the lead in her car, followed by me in the loaded flatbed truck, Mike behind me, Fuzz with his dump truck and skid steer trailer and Hootie in his pickup. It was quite the procession going down the mountain at Sterretts Gap, along Route 34, through Carlisle, out on Ritner Highway to the Newville area and then straight up Route 233 to Pine Grove Furnace and the storage site. I am quite sure Earl Shaffer never figured his stone shelter would move across the Cumberland Valley."

.........(we all) "left Pine Grove Furnace about 1930, some 12.5 hours after I started that morning. Mike then followed me in the Penske truck, back to Mechanicsburg for drop off, and then back up I-81 to my own vehicle.The day for Mike and I ended about 2100."......................

"For my part, I am happy to have contributed more than 100 hours, as PennTrails, towards the goal of saving and transporting the historic shelter to the museum grounds, where it will now wait for reassembly.

~ Larry Knutson, Owner ~ Penn Trails LLC "

CONGRATULATIONS ! ! ! ~~Larry Knutson and crew, all of us in the Appalachian Trail community owe you a
HUGE DEBT of GRATITUDE for saving this piece of our Appalachian Trail history. "KUDOS" !

Karen Balaban (Susquehanna Appalachian Trail Club) wrote down the roster of crew names:

"I think this is everyone - never counted heads to make sure names:

Larry Knutson - supervisor, worker, chief cook and bottle washer
....http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chief_cook_and_bottle_washer
Sharon Shellenberger (SATC) - videographer and food - Carlisle
Karen Balaban (SATC) - documentation and grunt work - Harrisburg Midtown

MAJOR LABORERS :
Bob Nicolodi (SATC) - Harrisburg
Greg Curran (friend of SATC) - Enola
Gary Labelle (SATC) - Harrisburg (Susquehanna tt)
Jack Bushey (SATC) (Carlisle)
Tom Johnson (PATC) Maryland
Ron Bungay (PATC) - photographer (Maryland)
Mike Pantalone (friend of SATC) - also helped with jack hammer to separate the portland cement between rocks -(Bucks County)
Walt “Fuzz” Gehrett - bobcat operator (Walnut Bottom)
Brian “Hootie” Group - jack hammer operator, towed the bobcat to the work site (Walnut Bottom)

MANY THANKS.

HAPPY TRAILS !

Robert "RW" Croyle, Membership Secretary
membership email : atmuseumfriends@gmail.com
volunteer email : atmuseumgreeters@gmail.com
website : www.atmuseum.org

**Red Wolf** · 08-09-2012, 13:34

FREE PROGRAMS THIS WEEKEND & NEXT WEEK

Gardners, PA
Free Programs at Pine Grove Furnace State Park

Appalachian Trail 75th Birthday Hike ~ August 14

On this date in 1937, the Appalachian Trail was officially complete. Celebrate the A.T.’s birthday with a special hike to a surprise spot, covering 75 white blazes. Hikers will also learn some interesting history about the beginning of America’s most famous long trail.
~ The hike will be approximately 2 miles. Meet at the Furnace Stack Pavilion at 6:30pm

Owl Prowl ~ August 17

Owls are birds of prey that are active in the forests after the sun goes down, with unique and highly effective adaptations that help them survive.

The program will begin at the Furnace Stack Pavilion (just down the hill from the A. T. Museum) for a short presentation by the park educator to learn about these elusive creatures.

Then, participants will take a short walk on mostly level ground to call some owls, and hopefully hear or see several species. This will be a thrilling glimpse into the secret life of this nocturnal creature.

Please bring a flashlight, bug spray and sturdy walking shoes.
Meet at the Furnace Stack Pavilion at 8:15pm.

Tara Gettig | Environmental Education Specialist
Pine Grove Furnace State Park
1100 Pine Grove Road | Gardners, PA 17324
Phone: 717-486-7174 |
www.visitPAparks.com | www.dcnr.state.pa.us

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For a complete A. T. Museum Program Schedule see the first and/or third attachments.

For a complete P. G. Fur. State Park Program Schedule, see the second &/or forth attachments.

**Red Wolf** · 08-14-2012, 10:53

HAPPY BIRTHDAY APPALACHIAN TRAIL ! ! !

Today is the birthday of the completion of the Appalachian Trail !
I hope you enjoy the following link which A. T. Museum supporter Karen Balaban passed along to me :
~ F. Y. I.
"http://license.icopyright.net/user/v...id=MTY1MDA1NzY

HAPPY TRAILS !
Robert "RED WOLF o'da SMOKY'S" Croyle
A. T. Museum Membership Secretary

P.S. ~ your support through your donations of artifacts, volunteer work, and
monetary donation helps us to fulfill our A. T. Museum mission of preserving
our Appalachian Trail history. All donations are appreciated. More info by contacting
us at any of the following email addresses:
membership email : atmuseumfriends@gmail.com
volunteer email : atmuseumgreeters@gmail.com
artifact donation : info@atmuseum.org
website : www.atmuseum.org

**Red Wolf** · 08-14-2012, 12:54

[QUOTE=Red Wolf;1323939]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY APPALACHIAN TRAIL ! ! !

[/QUOTE
Here is another good link for today's special occasion :

http://cumberlink.com/news/local/app...9bb2963f4.html

**Red Wolf** · 08-29-2012, 14:10

A. T. Museum's Sunday Program, September 2:

Heroes of the A.T. - Volunteer Trail Maintainers
Information tables will offer literature on area maintaining clubs. Trail maintainers will discuss their equipment & work.
The Museum is open from noon to 4:00 PM in the fall (after Labor Day) only on weekends. Admission is free ~~ Phone: 717 486-8126

For directions & lodging options, click here.

**Red Wolf** · 09-08-2012, 12:17

AT Museum
1100 Pine Grove Road
Pine Grove Furnace State Park
Gardners, PA 17324-9078

The Appalachian Trail Museum
Located in Pennsylvania's Pine Grove Furnace State Park,
about two miles from the midpoint of the Appalachian Trail,
the Museum is halfway between Maine and Georgia. Appropriately,
the Museum is housed in a building that is itself a historical artifact,
a structure built more than two hundred years ago as a grist mill.
It stands across the road from the Pine Grove general store, a site
famed in hiker lore. It is here that thru-hikers traditionally stop
to celebrate reaching the midpoint by eating -- or attempting to eat
-- a half gallon of ice cream in one sitting!

Nearby is the Ironmasters Hostel which is operated as a hiker hostel.

The Old Mill is owned by the State Park, but has had limited use in
recent years. Following the negotiation of a lease agreement that
allowed the building's use for museum purposes, extensive renovations
were undertaken -- mostly with the use of volunteer labor. The result
is that the main floor is now up to code requirements and is in use as t
he Appalachian Trail Museum. Plans are in the works for future renovations,
as funds become available, that will make space available on another floor.

Current exhibits include a trail shelter that was built by hiker legend
Earl Shaffer. The shelter, which has been replaced with a more modern one,
was painstakingly disassembled at its former site on Peters Mountain in
Pennsylvania and reassembled in the new Museum. In addition, there are
artifacts that belonged to other hiking pioneers such as Grandma Gatewood,
Gene Espy, and Ed Garvey. In the Museum computers display the more than
12,000 photos that have been taken of thru-hikers as they reached
Harpers Ferry on their journeys either north or south. There is also a
children's discovery area and hiker welcoming areas both inside and outside.

FALL HOURS of OPERATION
The A. T. Museum's Fall hours of operation are noon to 4pm, Saturday and Sunday
until Nov. 5th, when it closes for the season. The only exceptions are that the A. T. Museum
will be open on Columbus Day as well and that there will be extended hours of operation
for the Fall Festival in October.

Phone: 717 486-8126

DIRECTIONS:

To See a detailed map of Pine Grove Furnace State Park,the Appalachian Trail in the park,
and the area around the Museum site, click here to see a map as a PDF file
Latitude, Longitude: 40.032988, -77.304626

N40° 1.9793', W077° 18.2776'

Some Mapping Programs place this address too far to the north. The
intersection of Rt 233 and Pine Grove Rd has the Park Office on the East side.
The Appalachian Trail Museum is a few hundred feet south of there along
with parking and the Pine Grove Furnace.

**Red Wolf** · 09-10-2012, 13:24

Dear Appalachian Trail Museum Friends,

FALL HOURS of OPERATION
The A. T. Museum's Fall hours of operation are noon to 4pm, Saturday and Sunday
until Nov. 5th, when it closes for the season. The only exceptions are that the A. T. Museum
will be open on Columbus Day as well and that there will be extended hours of operation
for the Fall Festival in October.

I have included two attachments about upcoming events in Pine Grove Furnace State Park,
the home of the A. T. Museum. The first attachment is about the VOLUNTEER DAY for
Pine Grove Furnace State Park. The second attachment is about the FALL FESTIVAL in
October (just a preliminary notice, more details as they develop).

The third attachment is a printable membership / donor application card for your convenient use.
All donations are appreciated and help us continue our mission to preserve the history of the Trail.
NOTE: All donations of $20 or more NOW will receive a 2013 one-year membership in the
Appalachian Trail Museum Society.

A. T. Museum phone: 717 486-8126

DIRECTIONS:
To See a detailed map of Pine Grove Furnace State Park,the Appalachian Trail in the park,
and the area around the Museum site, click here to see a map as a PDF file
Latitude, Longitude: 40.032988, -77.304626
N40° 1.9793', W077° 18.2776'

HAPPY TRAILS !

Robert "Red Wolf o'da Smoky's" Croyle, Membership Secretary
membership email: atmuseumfriends@gmail.com
volunteer email: atmuseumgreeters@gmail.com
artifact donations email: info@atmuseum.org
A. T. Museum website: www.atmuseum.org

**Red Wolf** · 09-15-2012, 10:39

~~ NEW E-BOOK AVAILABLE FREE ! ! ! ~~

57 years ago on September 25, 1955, Emma "Grandma" Gatewood reached Katahdin, the mountain
peak in Maine which is the northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail. Having successfully tackled
all of the challenges on the A. T., she became the first woman to hike the entire Appalachian Trail alone !

In the "Attached Files" you will find "An Excerpt From: Grandma Gatewood: Ohio's Legendary Hiker "
from the E-book of the same title, written by Kelly Boyer Sagert and Bette Lou Higgins.

NOTE : a FREE COPY of this E-book will be sent to you for a tax-deductible donation to the non-profit
Eden Valley Enterprises (organization responsible for this E-book project and others). The attachment has
several links which have more details about Eden Valley Enterprises, as well as how to make a donation to
them and receive your free E-book download (both by online PayPal donation and USPS Mail).

In the "Thumbnail" below, I have provided you a convenient, printable form which you may mail to them
with your donation to receive your free E-book download.

If you make your donation online, be sure to email them that you did and where to send your download E-book.

We at the Appalachian Trail Museum Society are proud to have the opportunity to pass along this offer, since
our stated mission is to work to preserve the history of the Appalachian Trail.

Special thanks go to our friend Lucy Seeds, one of Emma "Grandma" Gatewoods daughters, for sending me
a copy of this NEW E-book, Grandma Gatewood: Ohio's Legendary Hiker ,which gave the inspiration
to pass it to all here first in our A. T. Museum's Whiteblaze.net thread and to the Trail community.

HAPPY TRAILS !

Robert "Red Wolf o'da Smoky's" Croyle
A. T. Museum Membership Secretary
membership email: atmuseumfriends@gmail.com
volunteer email: atmuseumgreeters@gmail.com
artifact(s) donation: info@atmuseum.org
wesite: www.atmuseum.org

**Red Wolf** · 09-17-2012, 13:11

One of Emma "Grandma" Gatewood's daughters, Lucy Seeds, sent the following note:
" Thanks for your support of Eden Enterprises. I've spent lots of time supplying info for the Grandma Gatewood Project I'm Mama's youngest of eleven. There are Rowena (in Arizona), 96; Nelson (in Arkansas) 88; Louise (in OHIO) 86; and I (in Florida) 84; still living on our own. To us, her children, Grandma Gatewood was just Mama. Mama told me that I was more like her than any of her other children. I appreciate most her teaching of honesty and a strong practice of self-responsibility. She had a dedicated sense of faith and selfworth. I have a strong sense of truth and reality which I attribute to Mama's influence. But, to me, she was indeed just, 'MAMA'." ~ Lucy Seeds

**Red Wolf** · 10-01-2012, 09:39

FALL FURNACE FEST at PINE GROVE FURNACE STATE PARK ! ! !

The home of the Appalachian Trail Museum, Pine Grove Furnace State Park just posted the
following news release and the poster attachment ~ F. Y. I. :

For immediate release
October 1, 2012
Gardners, PA

Pine Grove Furnace State Park is hosting the 4th Annual Fall Furnace Festival on October 20th and 21st. Located in the Fuller and Furnace areas of the park this event offers a variety of activities for the entire family. Highlighted activities include hayrides, kid crafts, pumpkin carving and painting, candle-making, historical and educational demonstrations and over fifty food and craft vendors. Most activities are free to the public although there is a nominal fee for a few of the activities. The Friends of the Park are also sponsoring the entertainment which is headlined by Acoustic Juice from 5p.m. – 7p.m. Saturday evening.

The main attraction is the Hairy Hand Program which starts at 7p.m. on Saturday night. Festival hours are 11a.m. – 7p.m. on Saturday and 12p.m.-5p.m. on Sunday. Parking and entrance to the festival are FREE! For more information on the event or to become a vendor please contact the Pine Grove Furnace State Park Office at 717-486-7174 or by email at pinegrovesp@pa.gov.

Jason L. Zimmerman
Park Manager
Pine Grove Furnace State Park
1100 Pine Grove Road
Gardners, PA 17324
Phone: 717-486-7174
jaszimmerm@pa.gov

HAPPY TRAILS !

Robert "Red Wolf o'da Smoky's" Croyle
membership email: atmuseumfriends@gmail.com
Museum's website: www.atmuseum.org

**Red Wolf** · 10-09-2012, 12:05

2012 ALDHA GATHERING THIS WEEKEND ! ! !

The Appalachian Trail Museum Society will have a table there; do a silent auction fundraiser, and Jim Foster,
A. T. Museum Society chair for the Society's Appalachian Trail Hall of Fame, will present a program on the
A. T. Hall of Fame.

F.Y.I. ~ www.aldha.org

I'm leaving Savannah tomorrow evening for the Appalachian South Folklife Center and the Gathering.
HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE !

HAPPY TRAILS !

Robert "RED WOLF o'da SMOKY'S" Croyle
A. T. Museum Society Membership Secretary
membership email: atmuseumfriends@gmail.com
Museum's website: www.atmuseum.org

**Red Wolf** · 11-02-2012, 13:48

A. T. Museum's post-storm status

Howard Davis, A. T. Museum Manager emailed:
"The electric was out for a while but that was about it. It appeared
there were a few trees down around the park but all were cleared in the primary park area."

And Jay Sexton, Museum Treasurer emailed:
"Museum seems to have made it through just fine. It was a mess right out in front
of the Iron Masters Mansion with a major tree down which cut off telephone until this morning."

So, we all have one more blessing to count this Thanksgiving, our A. T. Museum is OK .

Thank you, Appalachian Trail Museum Society Supporters,
for your help through 2012, our third Museum season !

Sincerely,

Robert"RED WOLF o'da Smoky's" Croyle, Membership Secretary
Membership email: atmuseumfriends@gmail.com
Website: www.atmuseum.org

**Red Wolf** · 11-14-2012, 11:20

A. T. MUSEUM SOCIETY'S 2012 PROGRESS REPORT

Dear Appalachian Trail Museum Society Friend,
The Appalachian Trail Museum has completed its third, successful season .
Thank you for your interest and for your support; it is an encouragement
to us Museum volunteers . Vital, not only to the day-to-day operations of
the Museum, but to its long-range growth and to its preservation of our
Appalachian Trail history, your support is the Museum's solid foundation .
Thank you .

With this email are three attachments. The first is our "Mission Statement".
The second is the Museum President's 2012 Progress Report Letter.
The third, is our new, printable Member / Donor Application Form.

If you wish to become a member or to donate electronically, go to the
"SUPPORT" tab in our website: www.atmuseum.org .

NOTE :
~All donations of $20 or more receive a 2013 Museum Society membership.
~ The A. T. Museum Society is an independent non-profit, not affiliated with
any other organization. It has Federal non-profit status; all donations are
tax deductible .
~ The A. T. Museum Society will NOT sell or share ANY of your personal
information with anyone .
~ Museum admission is FREE . Donations are appreciated .

Sincerely,

Robert "Red Wolf o'da Smoky's" Croyle
Appalachian Trail Museum Society Membership Secretary
Membership email : atmuseumfriends@gmail.com
Volunteer email : atmuseumgreeters@gmail.com
Artifact donation email : info@atmuseum.org

**Red Wolf** · 12-11-2012, 17:16

SEASON'S GREETINGS, Y'ALL ! ! !

Dear Friend of the Appalachian Trail Museum,

Once again another year of operation for our Appalachian Trail Museum
comes to an end. Our third season of operation was another one of success
and growth! Plans for the upcoming 2013 season are being made already.
Importantly, we are ready to move forward with our next phases of the
renovations construction!

Many thanks for your support.

I have posted some links of music below, which I hope you enjoy.
The first is the Tennessee Ernie Ford link posted last Christmas, it
remains a priceless gem. The new links are to another person who
grew up in our southern Appalachians and gives us a taste of the
rich mountain heritage through her music..... Dolly Parton !

MERRY CHRISTMAS ! ~ HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Robert "Red Wolf o'da Smoky's" Croyle
Appalachian Trail Museum Society, Membership Secretary
membership email at: atmuseumfriends@gmail.com
515 Pennsylvania Avenue, # 1403 / Savannah, GA 31404
(912) 231 - 8874
Museum website: www.atmuseum.org

Music links (click-on) :

TN ERNIE FORD ~ and the little boy( old film clip !).zip

Dolly Parton-Christmas Times A Comin' - YouTube

Dolly Parton - Smoky Mountain Christmas - YouTube

Dolly Parton - Hard Candy Christmas w/Lyrics - YouTube

Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers - A Christmas to Remember ...

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Growing up, in poverty as so often happens in the southern mountains,
Dolly has raised herself to a better life through her music and remains
true to her Tennessee mountain roots.
~ a brief, early history of Dolly Parton:
The fourth child of a Tennessee tobacco sharecropper, Dolly Rebecca Parton
was born into a life of poverty, sharing a single-room cabin with her parents
and three older siblings (they lived in Sevier County, which is just west of the
present A.T. in the Smoky Mountains National Park).

Eventually eight younger sibling would arrive to give the family a bit more
company. Her mother and grandfather (a Pentecostal preacher) had both
learned to play instruments (guitar and fiddle, respectively), and music had a
significant presence in the Parton household; the difficult conditions of her life
also provided an incentive to find something enjoyable to do with her time, so
it was not long before Dolly became musically active herself. Beginning with a
guitar provided by her grandfather when she was nine, she eventually added
banjo to her repertoire, and by the age of 12 she was featuring regularly on
the Knoxville television station WIVK.

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