A.T. Museum ~ Update

[Red Wolf]

Appalachian Trail Museum Festival Schedule

Dates 6/17/2011 - 6/19/2011

Time 4:00 PM - 4:00 PM EST

Location Pine Grove Furnace State Park
1100 Pine Grove Road
Gardners , PA 17324

Friday June 17
4 p.m. - A.T. Museum spring meeting – Main Tent at Furnace Stack
6 to 9 p.m.- Hall of Fame Banquet at Allenberry Resort, Boiling Springs, PA

Saturday June 18
9 a.m.- Hikes for History. Choose from five different hikes. Registration from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. outside the Museum. $25 donation requested. Hikers receive festival patch and one year Museum membership.
11 a.m. -Main Tent (Furnace Stack) Andre Weltman – Local Pine Grove History
11 a.m. to 1 p.m.- Meet at Museum -- Nature/Photography Hike – Gary Dickinson
Bring cameras and lenses to shoot a wide range of close and distant subjects. A tripod or monopod may be useful but not necessary. We will discuss and use various camera settings and lenses that are appropriate for the different nature subjects observed. The hike will take place along fairly flat trails although the ground may be damp in some areas. Athletic or walking shoes should be adequate footwear.
Lunch – Chicken Lunch at Pine Grove store. Half Chicken, roll, applesauce, beans and drink for $7.50.
Afternoon Program on Hiker Culture 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
1 p.m. Main Tent – Randy Motz – Native American Flute program
Randy "Windtalker" Motz will perform his unique style of Native American flute music which he calls, "Native SoundScapes."
1:30 to 2:30 -FEATURED Speaker -- Gene Espy
Gene is a 1951 A.T. Thru-Hiker and second person to complete the Appalachian Trail in a single season. He will tell stories about his thru-hike and answer questions about those early years on the Trail. As a youth, Gene tried many outdoor adventures. When he started the A.T. , Gene didn’t realize only one person had done the trail before. He is the author of “The Trail of My Life: The Gene Espy Story.”
2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.- Panel on Hiking Culture in coordination with the traveling exhibit “Celebrating Hiker Culture,” Moderated by Museum Vice President and Curator Terry Harley-Wilson.
3:30 p.m.- Joe Lisle sings Hiker Songs
4 p.m. -Stove, cooking and ice cream eating contests.
Children’s programs at the Museum
Saturday June 18
11 a.m. Rita Floriani
Rita Floriani, is a lifelong resident of Pennsylvania who grew up in a city surrounded by hills. She is a hiker, a member of 20 hiking clubs and outdoor organizations and has written over 100 newspaper articles on hiking. Rita says “Hiking is about fun whether you are 5 or 75. If it’s not fun, then why hike?” Rita will talk about fun ways for kids to prepare for a hike, fun things to look for while they are out on the trail and fun ways to save the memories of their hikes.
1 p.m. - Appalachian Trail Stories for Children with “Braid” Joe Lisle
2 p.m.– children’s activities
Sunday June 19
11 a.m. Museum -- Nature/Photography Hike – Gary Dickinson
Bring cameras and lenses to shoot a wide range of close and distant subjects. A tripod or monopod may be useful but not necessary. We will discuss and use various camera settings and lenses that are appropriate for the different nature subjects observed. The hike will take place along fairly flat trails although the ground may be damp in some areas. Athletic or walking shoes should be adequate footwear.
12 p.m.- Main tent - Story Telling for Adults and Children with Debra Takach
Debra is a retired teacher and a member of the Susquehanna Tellers Guild. She has been telling stories and Native legends for 20 years. Stories are geared to all ages, so there is something for everyone. She also plays the courting flute to add flavor to her stories.
1 p.m. – Main Tent – Distance Hiking with Family and Youth Groups with Jay and Katy Sexton
Drawing on their many years of leading children into the wilderness, Jay and Katy provide a wealth of information and many stories about their adventures over the years.
2 p.m. – Museum –Appalachian Trail Stories for Children with Joe “Braid” Liles

SEE YOU THERE !
Robert "Red Wolf o'da Smoky's" Croyle
A. T. Museum, Membership Secretary
[email protected]
www.atmuseum.org

[Red Wolf]

1st. A. T. Museum Trail Festival ~ Poster & Activities Schedule (printable)

Help us get the word out to all the hiker community by
printing and displaying our festival poster.

HAPPY TRAILS !
Robert "Red Wolf o'da Smoky's" Croyle

[trailangelmary]

Appalachian Trail Museum 2011 Festival Schedule
June 17–19, 2011 Celebrating Hiker Culture
FRIDAY
4 P.M. AT Museum Spring Meeting
6–9 P.M. Hall of Fame Banquet Allenberry Resort, Boiling Springs
(Advance tickets required)

SATURDAY
9 A.M. Hikes for History (Registration begins 8 A.M.):
Pole Steeple • Kings Gap to Pine Grove Furnace •
Sunset Rocks • Center Point Knob • Camp Michaux
11 A.M. Local Pine Grove History, Andre Weltman
Nature/Photography Hike, Gary Dickinson
Chicken Lunch available at Pine Grove Store

■ CELEBRATING HIKER CULTURE
1 P.M. Native American Flute Music, Randy Motz
1:30 P.M. Featured Speaker Gene Espy, 1951 thru hiker
2:30 P.M. Panel discussion on Hiking culture
3:30 P.M. Joe Lisle sings Hiker Songs
4 P.M. Contests: Stove • Cooking • Ice Cream Eating
6 P.M. Hiker Dinner at campground

■ FOR CHILDREN
11 A.M. Hiking Fun for Children, Rita Floriani
1 P.M. AT Stories for Children, Joe “Braid” Lisle
2 P.M. Children’s Activities, Steph Diller

SUNDAY
11 A.M. Nature/Photography Hike, Gary Dickinson
Noon Story Telling for Adults and Children, Debra Takach
1 P.M. Distance Hiking with Families and Youth Groups,
Jay and Katy Sexton
2 P.M. AT Stories for Children, Joe “Braid” Lisle
Also: Caricature Artist, Kent Roberts

[Red Wolf]

Friends of the Appalachian Trail Museum,

To celebrate the A.T. Museum’s first anniversary, we are holding a festival from June 17 to 19th. The festival will feature hikes, history, culture and contests and showcase the Museum’s new exhibits. We look forward to another milestone event for the Museum and a successful introduction of the inaugural class of the A.T. Hall of Fame.
If you would be interested in volunteering to help with festival, would like your organization or company to have an booth at the festival fair or would like additional information, please contact us at [email protected].

Attached is information about the festival as well as an A.T. Museum membership form.

SEE YOU THERE !

Robert "Red Wolf o'da Smoky's" Croyle
A. T. Museum, Membership Secretary

[Red Wolf]

Here is a short write up for our Sunset Rocks Hike at the AT Fest June 18 at 9:00 AM:

Sunset Rocks Hike June 18, 9:00 AM

4-mile round trip hike from Pine Grove Furnace SP to the Sunset Rocks. Hike along the Appalachian Trail then take the steep Sunset Rocks Trail to the summit. Excellent views. We will climb some the rocks at the top then return. Hikers should have boots to climb the rocks. Water recommended. We intend to return for the programs at 11:00 AM. Hike leaders: John & Pat Zinn, 697-0648.

Festival is looking good.

John Zinn

note: see page #2 of the attachment below for "HIKES REGISTRATION" on
Saturday, June 18, 8am - 9am

[Red Wolf]

HALL OF FAME BANQUET ~ few tickets remain !

I want to pass along the following email from the banquet chairman, Jim Foster ~ FYI :


"We're close to a sellout, but a few tickets are still available for the Appalachian Trail Hall of Fame Banquet.

The Banquet will be held on Friday evening, June 17 at the famous Allenberry Resort Inn & Playhouse, just steps away from the AT in Boiling Springs, PA. The festivities begin at 6 pm with a cash bar and silent auction of many trail-related items donated by friends of the Museum. Highlights of the Silent Auction include: an Appy Trails tent donated by Campmor; a two night stay at the Paymasters Cabin near the Museum in Pine Grove Furnace State Park; seven packages at nearby Hotels and Bed & Breakfasts, including Allenberry; hand carved hiking sticks and Christmas ornaments; and Earl Shaffer's book "Calling Me Back To The Hills, signed by the late author. We're expecting to add several more items as we get closer to June 17. During the Silent Auction, musical entertainment will be provided by The New South Mountain Ramblers.

The banquet will begin at 7 p.m. Cumberland County Commissioner Rick Rovegno, a hiker and friend of the Museum, will serve as Master of Ceremonies, and entertainment will be provided by Pennsylvania Jack, a renowned storyteller. The keynote of the evening will be the announcement of the Charter Class of the Appalachian Trail Hall of Fame.

Museum members may purchase banquet tickets at the discounted price of $30 per person. Tickets are offered to non-members at the regular price of $40 per person.

To purchase discounted tickets, you may EITHER

- Follow this link to the special eventbrite ticketing site we have established: http://athalloffame.eventbrite.com/

OR

- Mail your ticket request and payment check to this address:

Appalachian Trail Museum
Hall of Fame Tickets
1120 Pine Grove Road
Gardners, PA 17324

We have established a special email address for questions concerning the Appalachian Trail Hall of Fame Banquet: [email protected]

For more information on Allenberry and to reserve a room, call 1-800-430-5468 or (717) 258-3211, or go to http://www.allenberry.com/ "


Here's a last chance to get your tickets and join us for the history-making, enjoyable evening of the 1st. Appalachian Trail Hall of Fame banquet.

HAPPY TRAILS ! & SEE YOU THERE !

Robert "Red Wolf o'da Smoky's" Croyle

[Red Wolf]

HIKES TO HISTORY ~ SATURDAY JUNE 18
REGISTRATION: 8am to 9am outside Museum. Hikers will receive a festival patch and an Appalachian Trail Museum membership for a requested $25 donation.
HIKE OPTIONS:
Pole Steeple
King's Gap to Pine Grove (parking at Laurel Lake and shuttle)
Sunset Rocks
Camp Michaux

Return in time for the other activities at the Museum at 11am.

Robert"RW"

[Red Wolf]

GONE UNTIL WED. NEXT, June 22 !

C U at the A. T. MUSEUM TRAIL FESTIVAL !

Robert " RED WOLF o'da SMOKY'S "

[Red Wolf]

Hall of Fame Inductees Annouced !

Briefly they are:
Myron Avery
Gene Espy
Benton MacKaye
Ed Garvey
Judge Perkins
Earl Shaffer

Watch for upcoming, more in-depth news releases re. this first report news.

HAPPY TRAILS !

Robert "Red Wolf o'da Smoky's" Croyle

[Blissful]

Nice group. No women though...

[WingedMonkey]

Nice group. No women though...

Did you nominate any?

[Sly]

Nice group. No women though...

It's arguable as to whether Dorothy Laker, Grandma Gatewood or their contemporaries had more influence on the trail than was nominated.

I'd be willing to bet next years group of three inductees will have one or two women.

[Red Wolf]

It's arguable as to whether Dorothy Laker, Grandma Gatewood or their contemporaries had more influence on the trail than was nominated.

I'd be willing to bet next years group of three inductees will have one or two women.

FYI ~ This is from the initial annoucement of the A. T. Museum's Hall of Fame exhibit (page # 10 of this thread or go to the attachment below):
"....The Appalachian Trail Hall of Fame Committee will deliver the slate of finalists to the museum board by April 30, 2011, for subsequent review and elections. For the first three years, founding classes to the Appalachian Trail Museum will be named. These initial classes will emphasize important historical figures who were critical to the creation and development of the trail. The Appalachian Trail Museum Society Board can elect up to six people in the first year, and up to three each in the second and third years. After the third year, only a single person may be elected each year."

HAPPY TRAILS !

Robert"RW"

[Red Wolf]

Appalachian Trail Museum Trail Festival 2011 & Hall of Fame news releases

Last weekend saw another milestone in the progress of our Appalachian Trail Museum with the celebration of our 1st. anniversary as an open, operating hiker museum. Everyone there enjoyed a wide selection of activities in which to participate. The celebration began Friday evening with the "sold-out" Hall of Fame banquet !

FYI ~ I want to pass along to you the following news releases, so please see the attachments below.

Happy Trails !

Robert "Red Wolf o'da Smoky's" Croyle
Appalachian Trail Museum, Membership Secretary
[email protected]
www.atmuseum.org

[Red Wolf]

Appalachian Trail Museum's Upcoming Programs !

Gwen Loose released the Museum's Programs info recently and I want to pass it along to you ~ FYI . Please go to the thumbnail attachment. Also, I've included a printable membership / donation form so you have the opportunity to help our Appalachian Trail Museum's growth. Many thanks.

Robert "Red Wolf o'da Smoky's" Croyle
[email protected]
www.atmuseum.org

[Red Wolf]

[QUOTE=Red Wolf;1174910]Appalachian Trail Museum's Upcoming Programs !

Gwen Loose released the Museum's Programs info recently and I want to pass it along to you ~ FYI . Please go to the thumbnail attachment. Also, I've included a .................................................. ................

Gwen just sent another flyer (see thumbnail) to me to pass along ~ FYI & VOLUNTEERS NEEDED.
Robert"RW"

[10-K]

It's arguable as to whether Dorothy Laker, Grandma Gatewood or their contemporaries had more influence on the trail than was nominated.

I'd be willing to bet next years group of three inductees will have one or two women.

Yeah... Earl S. is kinda the Lou Gehrig or Babe Ruth of the AT.

Personally, Dorothy Laker is my AT hero but she's more like a Stan Musial or Ted Williams - darned good but a few clicks shy of being really, really famous.

[EarlyBird2007]

Follow this link for photos of the Appalachian Trail Hall of Fame Banquet and Annual Festival, June 17-19, 2011. https://picasaweb.google.com/atmbanq...eat=directlink

[Red Wolf]

Harrisburg Patriot News - Appalachian Trail Museum Inducts Six into Appalachian Trail Hall ofFa.pdfRobert new form 2011.pdf

Follow this link for photos of the Appalachian Trail Hall of Fame Banquet and Annual Festival, June 17-19, 2011. https://picasaweb.google.com/atmbanq...eat=directlink

GREAT PICS ! ~ thanks to the photographer for this record of one FANTASTIC A. T. evening !
I can't wait to see Trailangelmary's video of the program (at least as far as her camera batteries lasted). "SOLD OUT" & "STANDING-ROOM ONLY" plus a silent auction of some really cool items (as I understand, they brought in aproximately $1500 for the Museum !) ~ MANY THANKS to the donors and the buyers.

Happy Trails !
Robert"Red Wolf o'da Smoky's" Croyle
Appalachian Trail Museum, Membership Secretary
[email protected]

[Red Wolf]

************* HAPPY 4th. of JULY ! ! ! ************
~ ~ ~ An Independence Day Celebratory Post from "Model-T" & me:

J.R. Tate "Model-T" is a board member of the Appalachian Trail Museum and a well-know "A.T. author". With his permission, I thought it might be appropriate to give our Whiteblaze readers something of relevance to mark the occasion; therefore, here is a little gift of the story of our country's iconic Liberty Bell as told in the pages of Model-T's book, Walkin' With the Ghost Whisperers: Lore and Legends of the Appalachian Trail (p. 291-3). It might be noted that the A.T. at Port Clinton, Pa. passes just west of Philadelphia, the location of the Liberty Bell. ( FYI. ~Model-T's website is at http://modelt.homestead.com/ ).


The Liberty Bell

The Quaker-controlled Pennsylvania Assembly took seriously the admonition in Leviticus 25:10 that ". . . ye shall hallow the fiftieth year." So the officiating fathers determined that it would be most appropriate to honor their founder on the fiftieth anniversary of the "Charter of Privileges," the document that superceded Penn's "First Frame of Government" and eventually became the basis for Pennsylvania's State Constitution. The Bible-quoting Speaker of the Assembly, Isaac Norris, sent a letter to the Province's agent in London to buy a bell in the range of 2000 pounds. In his precise penmanship, Norris directed, "Let the Bell be cast by the best Workmen & examined carefully before it is Shipped with the following words well shaped in large letters round in vizt. By order of the Assembly of the Province of Pennsylvania for the State House in the City of Philada 1752." The Speaker further directed that the bell have inscribed on its underneath the words from The Book of Leviticus: "Proclaim Liberty thro' all the land to all the inhabitants thereof. Levit. XXV.10."

The Province's agent, Robert Charles, placed the order with the Whitechapel Foundry. In August 1752, the Hibernia sailed into Philadelphia harbor with a large bell strapped to the deck. Workmen hung the 2080-pound bell in the State House steeple the following March and tested their workmanship with a clang of the 44 1/2 pound clapper against the three inch metal. To their horror, a long crack appeared.

Speaker Norris gritted his yellowed teeth and sent the cracked bell to Philadelphia foundry workers John Stow and John Pass to melt down and give the Assembly a proper bell post haste. "The bell is too brittle," said Stow."That's why it cracked." Pass scratched his head and then offered, "It's an easy fix, Friend Stow. We must add more copper to soften the brittleness." After a lengthy discussion, they decided to recast the bell by adding one and a half ounces of copper per pound of bell.

When the bell went back into the belfry on March 29, 1753, the workmen again tested the bell. It didn't crack, but the pealing sounded like someone had stuffed the bell's inside with cotton. Isaac Norris puled a few hairs out of his wig, while Stow and Pass blushed with embarrassment. "Friend Pass, I fear we added too much copper," ventured Stow.

The pair were ordered back to the foundry for another try, this time without the copper additive, for they discovered that it was the brittle nature that gave a bell its clarity. On June 11, 1753, Pass and Stow once again stood in front of the State House with Speaker Norris as workers raised the bell into the high steeple. When the clear sounds rang out, Stow and Pass puffed out their chests with rightly earned pride. But to their discomfort, the Speaker pointed an accusing finger at the foundry men and growled, "It still isn't right."

Norris sent another letter to London. "Have the Whitechapel Foundry try again." So the old bell remained in the State House belfry, a temporary fixture until a "proper" bell could replace it. When the new bell arrived from London, the Assembly members agreed that it didn't sound any better than the one already hanging in the belfry. So Norris ordered that the new Whitechapel bell be placed in the State House cupola, where it was attached to a clock to toll the hours.

Pas and Stow's State House Bell continued to serve its country well, tolling out metallic annoucements of deaths and inaugurations and any other news that warranted the public's ear. On September 23, 1777, with the British Army poised on the edge of Philadelphia, officials, fearing that their bells would be melted down by the Redcoats and recast into cannons and cannonballs, took down all the bells in the city and carted them off to hiding places in other towns.

The State House Bell was hidden under the floorboards at the Zion Reformed Church in Allentown until the threat disappeared. The bell was returned the following year but could not be rehung because the State House steeple was too rotten. It lay in storage in a nearby munitions shack for seven years, until a new steeple could be built.

The state House Bell came close to becoming a puddle of molten metal. In 1799, Pennsylvania moved the state capital to Lancaster but left the bell in Philadelphia. When the Commonwealth annouced plans to sell the old State House to a developer who intended to raze the building and build houses, Philadelphia's citizens were furious. The city purchased the property from the Commonwealth and the bell continued to toll.

But a day came when the city council decided to reconstruct the State House steeple and replace the old bell with a new one. The city contracted with a foundry owner named John Wilbanks for a 4000-pound bell and stipulated that the old State House bell be carted away. Wilbanks failed to do so and the city sued for breach of contract. The foundry owner argued in court that the $400 hauling cost exceeded the old bell's worth. The judge decreed that Wilbanks would pay court costs, but the city would have to keep the bell, which would technically be considered "on loan" from Wilbanks.

Some residents said the first crack appeared in 1835, when the bell tolled out the news of the death of Chief Justice John Marshall, who happened to be visiting Philadelphia at the time. By 1846, when the bell rang to celebrate Washington's birthday, the fracture had grown to over two feet and further ringing was considered too risky. The bell was silenced.

Almost . . .

Taking its exalted place in history as a symbol of freedom, the Liberty Bell --as it had become known-- tolled again, but only through gentle taps made by a rubber mallet. On Dember 31, 1926, microphones were placed around the Bell to broadcast gentle bongs as the Philadelphia mayor's wife ceremonially tapped the Bell at midnight to usher in the nation's sesquicentennial celebration for independence. And during the early 1940s, three recordings were made of a tapping of the Bell: Two were sent to radio stations for public use, and the third recording became the property of Columbia Records.

On June 6, 1944, D-Day, Philadelphia Mayor Bernard Samuel came on a coast-to-coast radio program and tapped the Liberty Bell twelve times with a rubber mallet, to signify "Independence." At the show's end, he tapped the Bell seven more times to symbolize "Liberty," and the country rejoiced at the long-awaited news of the invasion of Europe.

At 12:01 A.M. on July 4, 1976, as part of the nation's Bicentennial celebration, the Liberty Bell was moved from Independence Hall to a pavilion across the street so Americans could view the famous symbol of the freedom they enjoyed. But the Liberty Bell deserved a more fitting resting place, and on October 9, 2003, the new Liberty Bell Center in downtown Philadelphia was opened to the public.

Here on the Fourth of July, children who are descendents of the signers of the Declaration of Independence gather and symbolically tap the Liberty Bell thirteen times at exactly 2 P.M. (Eastern time) in honor of the patriots from the thirteen original colonies to whom we owe so much.

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As an afterword, I'd like to share that always each Fourth of July in Savannah for the celebration of our country's Independence Day, I was at the celebration sponsored by the local chapter, the Bonaventure Chapter, of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution held in Colonial Cemetery in Savannah's national Historic District at the tomb of Button Gwinnet, one of Georgia's three signers of the Declaration and the first President of Georgia. This ceremony always has bagpipes, a wreath-laying at his tomb, the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance, the singing of the Star-spangled Banner, a speech by an historian (usually about the colony's revolutionary history), and a reception. AND, it's alway HOT (96 degress yesterday) !

HAPPY TRAILS !
Robert "Red Wolf o'da Smoky's" Croyle
Appalachian Trail Museum, Membership Secretary
[email protected]
www.atmuseum.org