The Great Allegheny Passage companion : an entertaining mile-by-mile cruise along the Passage with plenty of facts, laughs, and true tales of the trail from Cumberland to Pittsburgh Cover Image

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The Great Allegheny Passage companion : an entertaining mile-by-mile cruise along the Passage with plenty of facts, laughs, and true tales of the trail from Cumberland to Pittsburgh / by Bill Metzger.

Metzger, William, 1946- (Author).

Summary:

The author Bill Metzger takes you on a journey along the completed GAP Trail from MP 0 in Cumberland, Maryland to its terminus at Point State Park The history and heritage of the trail come alive in Bill's inimitable style - humor blends with serious scholarship in this look at the railroads and other industries that preceded the trail's development. No matter when your trail adventure and the book Bill knows more about railroads, geology, nature, industrial history, financial chicanery, and trail construction between Pittsburgh and Cumberland than anyone else – and no one can tell all the stories as well. This is flat-out the best, most ambitious, most educational, and most just-plain-fun rail-trail guidebook ever written, complete with great historical photos and crystal-clear maps. When I get too old to ride the Great Allegheny Passage, I’ll just savor the trip by reading this book.”

Record details

ISBN: 9780578239316
Physical Description: ix, 319 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Publisher: Confluence, Pa. : Three Wheel Press, 2021.
Copyright: ©2021

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

1.Introduction - 2. Nuts and bolts - 3. Railroad 101 - 4. Cumberland - 5. Helmstetter's Curve - 6. Woodcock Hollow - 7. Frostburgh - 8. Big Savage - 9. Flaugherty Creek - 10. Keystone Gap - 11. Meyersdale - 12. Garrett - 13. Rockwood - 14. Casselman - 15. Markleton/Pinkerton - 16. Fort Hill - 17. Confluence - 18. Ramcat - 19. Laurel Ridge - 20. Ohiopyle - 21. Bruner Run - 22. Indian Creek - 23. Connellsville S./Dunbar - 24. Connellsville - 25. Dawson - 26. Layton - 27. Whitsett - 28. Cedar Creek - 29. West Newton - 30. Sutersville/Buena Vista - 31. Boston - 32. McKeesport/The Loop - 33. Duquesne - 34. Homestead - 35. Southside Pittsburgh - 36. Golden Triangle - Acknowledgements