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In Pennsylvania the hiker traverses the old coal and 

 iron country, through the St. Anthonys Wilderness where 

 an old railroad grade, foundations of houses, and coal 

 diggings are mute reminders that here families lived and 

 a town flourished. West of the Susquehanna he goes 

 through Mont Alto State Forest, site of one of the first 

 forestry schools in the country. 



At the Potomac River he parallels the old Chesapeake 

 and Ohio Canal, an early transportation route between 

 Cumberland, Md., and Alexandria, Va. He passes within 

 sight of Harpers Ferry in West Virginia where abolitionist 

 John Brown staged his pre-Civil War raid. 



In the Shenandoah National Park the Trail crisscrosses 

 Skyline Drive for 94 miles. As it penetrates the George 

 Washington National Forest in Virginia it becomes more 

 remote and traverses a set of magnificent 4,000-foot peaks. 

 Through the Jefferson National Forest it runs across 

 valleys and along ridges bearing such descriptive names 

 as Angels Rest, Dragons Tooth, and Dismal Peak. 





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