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In 1952, George Miller hiked the entire Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine at the age of 72. His hike was the seventh completed thru hike of the trail and the third that year. He was also the last thru hiker to follow the old route of the trail through Southwestern Virginia, because in 1953 the Appalachian Trail Conference (ATC) completed its relocation of the trail to its current location west of Blacksburg and the route through Floyd, Patrick, Carroll, Grayson, and Washington Counties was abandoned.

In this letter to John Barnard of Meadows of Dan, Miller thanks Barnard for his hospitality and assistance as he passed through Patrick County during the summer of 1952. Barnard was the person in charge of the trail in Patrick County from 1930 until the trail's relocation west.


Date:

09/30/1952

Creator:

George F. Miller

Subject

Lost Appalachian Trail

Contributor

Mills Kelly

Format

Letter

Source:

Ralph Barnard

Rights

All rights reserved

Citation

George F. Miller, “Letter from George Miller to John Barnard (1952),” Appalachian Trail Histories, accessed November 4, 2024, https://appalachiantrailhistory.org/items/show/978.

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