Leon Barkman, Early Hiker of the Appalachian Trail - Patch.com

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<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br /><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1" /></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFNw9P0bOrQg4UHivt4So3SkHlsaQ&url=http://newtown.patch.com/articles/obituary-for-leon-barkman-early-hiker-of-the-appalachian-trail"><b>Leon Barkman, Early Hiker of the <b>Appalachian Trail</b></b></a><br /><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Patch.com</font></b></font><br /><font size="-1">He was a veteran of the army serving in the Alaskan tank corp. He was the 37th to hike the <b>Appalachian Trail</b>, a 2,024 mile trail from Georgia to Maine. He hiked 113 mountains over 4,000 feet in the northeast. Every Dec 28, Mount Marcy, a 5000 ft <b>...</b></font><br /><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br /><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&ned=us&ncl=d83C75aREB7br5M"><nobr><b></b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table>

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