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From Smithsonian Magazine (August 2009)
"Trailblazer" "Hike over to the American Museum of American History where , through October 11 you can view photograhps and diaries of naturalist Earl Shaffer, who, in 1948, made the first continuous trek of the entire Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine in 124 days."