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The Clark's Ferry Shelter is located north of the Susquehanna River, just east of Duncannon, Pennsylvania. The shelter was built in 1993 by volunteers from the York Hiking Club, one of the member clubs of the Keystone Trail Association.

Collection: Trail Shelters
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Members of the Philadelphia Trail Club at an unidentified Appalachian Trail shelter, Easter Weekend, 1933. At the far right is Mary Kilpatrick, the first woman to hike every step of the Trail and a long-time leader of the Philadelphia Trail Club.

The man on the left is George W. Outerbridge, the second person to hike every step of the Appalachian Trail after Myron Avery. He is standing next to Mary's husband, Martin Kilpatrick, and, like Mary, a leader of the Philadelphia Trail Club.


Collection: Hikers
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