"Peace Pilgrim" - Mildrid Norman Ryder
Peace Pilgrim,  as she was called,  walked out her door one day in 1953 and started walking.  Her goal .... Peace!  She believed that peace on earth was possible,  so much so that she walked with her message for 28 years and covered over 27,000 miles.
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"Grandma Gatewood" ~ 1888-1973
Grandma Emma Gatewood (1888–1973) Was an Ohio farmers wife, mother of eleven children, grandmother of twenty three. She was the first woman to hike the 2,168-mile Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine solo.
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America's Trails
America is so blessed to have them. Did you know that the variety of plant life in all of Europe comes to 1/3 of that on the Appalachian Trail alone! Foreigners flock here to hike our trails and yet many Americans aren't aware of their existence. It is my desire to inform as many as possible and make them aware of what we have in these wonderful and soul inspiring pathways to beauty.
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