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Benton MacKay

American regional planner

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Appalachian National Scenic Trail

In Appalachian National Scenic Trail: History
Benton MacKaye, a regional planner for Massachusetts, is credited with spearheading the effort to build the Appalachian Trail when he published an article in 1921 promoting its creation. The first section of the footpath was opened in October 1923 in New York. Construction continued until…
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Continental Divide National Scenic Trail

In Continental Divide National Scenic Trail
In 1966 Benton MacKaye, a founder of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail, proposed to the U.S. Congress the idea of a trail along the Continental Divide. Congress authorized study of the proposal in 1968 and in 1978 officially designated the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail. It incorporated…
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