The Appalachian Trail is about 2200 miles long. Have you ever been?
I have not been there or the Appalachian mountains. Do you know of these mountains?
each year.
The idea of the Appalachian Trail came about in 1921. The trail itself was completed in 1937 after more than a decade of work, although improvements and changes continue. It is maintained by 31 trail clubs and multiple partnerships, and managed by the National Park Service, United States Forest Service, and the nonprofit Appalachian Trail Conservancy. Most of the trail is in forest or wild lands, although some portions traverse towns, roads and farms. It passes through 14 states: Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee
River or Conestoga Township in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and is thought to have been introduced by German settlers.
In colonial times the Conestoga wagon was popular for migration southward through the Great Appalachian Valley along the Great Wagon Road. After the American Revolution it was used to open up commerce to Pittsburgh and Ohio. In 1820 rates charged were roughly one dollar per 100 pounds per 100 miles, with speeds about per day. The Conestoga, often in long wagon trains, was the primary overland cargo vehicle over the Appalachian Mountains