[pct-l] Pan-American Trail

[AsABat at 4Jeffrey.Net (AsABat)]

I have the 1945 edition of Clarke's "The Pacific Crest Trailway," which
includes sketch maps and descriptions of the route, although sometimes it's
many miles between data points.

However, you may be thinking of Joseph Hazard regarding the Pan-American
Trail, though. I have a signed copy of his 1946 "Pacific Crest Trails." It's
not a trail guide but rather a description of the lands the trail would pass
through. Written after work started on the Pan-American Highway, he writes:

"The PAN-AMERICAN TRAIL, for the adventuring feet of men and animals, with
backpack or saddle, will reinforce, fortify, and expand the highway
system...Ten thousand miles of vacation lands to promote better
understandings and warmer friendships will all Americans!"

AsABat

> I'm pretty certain that Clinton C. Clarke's original personal plan was
> for
> just that...a crestline trail from the Arctic Sea in  Alaska to the
> Pacific at
> the southern tip of Chile.  Being an  American, the origianal 1932 request
> to
> Congress concerned only (as it was  known back then) the Pacific Crest
> Trailway, but to Clarke's thinking the  PCT was only the American portion
> of a much
> longer trail.
> 
> While I'm at it, does anyone own, or know the location of, a copy of the
> original 1935 guide to the PCT?