[pct-l] 1974 pct controversy article - san diego backcountry paper

[mctrob at yahoo.com (Rob Langsdorf)]

Hi Gang,

    One of the reasons that the ranchers had this
controversy was an incident on the California Riding and
Hiking Trail (The original temporary PCT) where some one
used a trail bike (powered) to ride in on the trail to
butcher a rancher's prize cattle. It caused us all sorts of
challenges in getting permission for the trail through San
Diego County.

    The PCT crosses property that Hook ranched for about 2
miles between Lake Morena and Boulder Oaks. The Pacific
Crest Trail Blazers built most of that section of the trail
in 1976 with the help of San Diego County Boy Scouts.

           Rob

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<<Pea Hicks wrote 
Fri Aug 5 16:30:28 CDT 2005 

hi all-

at a garage sale today i bought a copy of the winnett pct
guidebook from 1973 (interesting to look at the maps in
that one!) that had a newspaper clipping tucked inside.
it's an article from a small local paper called "the
mountaineer" about a part of the trail near buckman springs
that was in dispute at the time (the lester hook property
in cottonwood valley). it's a decent-size article with
pics, and has some interesting points-of-view about what
sort of impact the hikers would have on the area (the
locals seemed to think that hikers would mostly be
interested in polluting their water and harrassing their
cattle!), so i thought maybe someone on the list would be
interested in it? if so, let me know and i'll scan it for
ya...

girlscout>>

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