[pct-l] Old PCT Route

[Deems]

The Gray NatGeo book is on my shelf. A good source for detailed info is the 
early PCT guidebooks by Wilderness Press. The 1973 book, and 1976 books for 
Ca,Or,WA. For the section you describe, your best choice is the 1973 PCT 
guidebook by WP. For the Sierra, the early JMT guidebook by Peter Starr 1934 
and later editions is great for finding the early routes in here.  Clinton 
Clarke's 1945 Pacific Crest Trailways book serves as the first guidebook to 
describe the PCT as a Mexico to Canada trail, and it follows a route thru 
California few hikers would recognize today. I've found USFS maps for the 
PCT for Oregon and Washington from the 1930s thru 1970s showing the routes 
for the Skyline and Cascade Crest trail that were later grandfathered into 
the PCT. There's also some early guidebooks for the Skyline and Cascade 
Crest trail that describe the route in detail, each on my shelf. My primary 
source has been ebay. I greatly enjoyed sharing all of these with my 
favorite counter bidder and PCT historian, AsAbat.
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Good afternoon all,  I am reading a book I just bought from EBay about the
PCT....published by National Geographic, written by William Gray and Sam
Abell who thru-hiked in 1974...very interesting in regards to the history
of the route. It prints maps (rudimentary)  that is a little different from
the route today....very different in some areas like S. California and the
Mojave section and Jawbone Canyon to Whitney Meadow. I wanted to know if
any good maps exists of the old PCT route from that era. Any help would be
appreciated. Thanks