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rickb
03-19-2005, 21:58
I was excited to open National Geographic Traveler to find a map of cultural/historic sites in the Appalachians. The Map turned out to be a dissapointment, but there there were some things near the Trail that I was completely unaware of-- Like the Town of Jim Thorpe (interesting history), and even something as obvious as how close Anteitem is.

For me the most interesting notation was the assertion that the oldest living thing can be found a couple miles away from the Trail, just south of the Susquehana. I did a google and it is described here:

http://www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/deputate/polycomm/pressrel/crable/crable082099.htm

Neither Springer nor Trail Days got any ink, but there was a big red dot marking the Walasi-Yi. :o

Rick