myron avery, the history of the operation trail and myron avery are completely intertwined.have per trail without avery. benton mackay was the person who wrote an article in the 1920s saying, there should be a trail that you could walk from georgia to maine to see the whole country. myron avery is the person who went out then and built the trail, who walked it. he was the first person to walk the length of the trail. he was in maine native. his family background was in sardine canning which of course was a huge industry in maine in the early 20th century. but he loved the woods. he became an attorney and a captain in the navy and did admiralty law for a living, but according to one source spends 15 weekends a year working on the trail. he was headquartered in maryland and so he founded the potomac appalacian club and was the president of that. the trail would not have existed without him. he died unexpectedly at the age of 62, and had arranged to leave his papers to the maine state library and fortunately because of the untimeliness of his death, none of it was organized and

this is myron avery's booklet about the appalachian trail.t is absolutely wonderful and the opening paragraph is delightful. the first forest across the depths of the maine wilderness, uncaring in this course of a german aerial is the gateway to the finest of maine's mountains, lakes, forests and streams come with mains power, those who travel the course of peace, beauty and solitude may indeed feel this is the fourth primeval, the pines and the hum linux garment screens in distinct in the twilight. >> the only in maine that has a river. so we have any say in the west side of the river in the river billy has become a defining point for us in the city of aghast is. so the other thing of horrors that is unique is the state capital, we host the governor's mansion and of course some other government services that you would expect to have been the state capital. you know, the state capital has its own business. as most i'm sure you've been to, when you have the state government in your backyard, it can pose some difficulties, some sort of stresses

this is myron avery's book about the appalachian trail. it's absolutely wonderful. and the opening paragraph is delightful. through the forests across the depths of the maine wilderness is the cathedral life stillness in the driven aero like the silver dial the gateway to the finest of the mountains, lakes, forests and streams the poet those that travel the course of peace, duty and solitude may indeed feel that this is the force of primeval bearded with moss and in distinct in the twilight. .. >> thank you. thanks for the introduction. thanks for the naval order for having be. before we get started i want to cover a couple things here. i don't have the capability -- can we turn the volume up on the wall somewhere? you in the back are supposed to be taking care of this. turned the volume up. okay. i think they're working on it now. is that better? what if i do that? is that better? okay. if you want something done you got to do it yourself. before i was the best selling author -- before i get started anyone who is the veteran or active duty please stand up. given ar