Received from Mike McReynolds
August 2018 |
Click links below
to access individual pages |
HikaNation photos: California (page 1),
Harpers Ferry, W. Va. to Washington, D.C. (page 2),
Black & White, 8x10's from 1st 2 days (page 3) |
Mike McReynolds' HikaNation Photos |
"HikaNation - How It Began" by
Mike McReynolds --
as recalled on July 30, 2018
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HikaNation - How It Began
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HikaNation "Publicity, Public Relations, Logistics"
Memos, letters, etc., detailing "HikaNation - How It Began"
and other various aspects of HikaNation's development.
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HikaNation "Publicity, Public Relations, Logistics"
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California Legislature -- 1979-1980 Regular Session
Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 109
Relative to (closing) Oakland Bay Bridge |
Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 109
Relative to (closing) Oakland Bay Bridge |
HikaNation Belt Buckle "given by Jim Kern
to all non-thru-hiker orginational types"
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HikaNation Belt Buckle
added to webpages below:
Mike McReynolds' HikaNaion Photos &
PHASE 2 - HikaNation Artifacts Display
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| HikaNation Certificate of Participation
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HikaNation Certificate of Participation
added to webpage below:
HikaNation I hiked America
1980 - 81
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| HikaNation route map - sample version
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HikaNation route map - sample version
added to webpages below:
Opening Weekend Kickoff Posters &
Resolution to close the bridge
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| HikaNation route map - clipped
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HikaNation route map - clipped
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HikaNation route map with text (4 sizes)
- finalized/glossy
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HikaNation route map - 1478 x 1181
HikaNation route map - 2956 x 2362
HikaNation route map - 3942 x 3149
HikaNation route map - 5913 x 4724
added to webpages below:
Opening Weekend Kickoff Posters &
Resolution to close the bridge
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Backpacker Magazine--June/July 1980
(from the article "They're Off and Walking")
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Rob Lee - April 12, 1980
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From the San Francisco Examiner,
Wednesday, May 6, 1981:
Rob Lee: "Paraplegic gets ready to hit the trail
with hikers" (written near the end of HikaNation)
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Rob Lee gets ready to hit the trail with hikers
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From the San Francisco Examiner,
Wednesday, May 14, 1981:
S.F.-to-D.C. hike turns cynics into patriots
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S.F.-to-D.C. hike turns cynics into patriots
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Added same article/different title (clearer overall text),
"Cross-country backpackers near end of trek",
to the existing webpage:
"Transcontinental hikers near end of year-long U.S. trek"
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Transcontinental hikers near end of year-long U.S. trek,
Cross-country backpackers near end of trek
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Added "Wheelchair hiker to join close of trek"
to the existing webpage:
"Rob Lee gets ready to hit the trail with hikers".
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Rob Lee gets ready to hit the trail with hikers,
Wheelchair hiker to join close of trek
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Added a better version of Sunset magazine article
to top of existing webpage.
And added more detailed "Route Across California" to existing webpage (11 images).
Also included a pdf, combining the 11 images.
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California Route Information - Sunset magazine article
California Route Information - detailed information
Seaborg-California-route.pdf, combining the 11 images
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Added "HikaNation Arrival Ceremony" - May 13, 1981
to existing webpage.
Also included a pdf version, combining the 5 images.
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Capitol steps, Washington, D.C.
HikaNation-Arrival-Ceremony.pdf
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Added "Bay Bridge stepping off place for Hike-a-Nation"
to existing webpage "Bay Bridge to open for hikers".
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Bay Bridge to open for hikers
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Added "Health Activities Project:
Health Vital Signs Monitoring Program"
to existing webpage "Special Memo To Through-Hikers"
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Special Memo To Through-Hikers
March 15, 1980
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Added entire newsletter to existing webpage:
AHS News: Volume 4, Number 4
HikaNation: Into Nevada--May 1980
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AHS News: Volume 4, Number 4
HikaNation: Into Nevada--May 1980
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Added more versions to existing webpage:
"Tot learns how to hike before she walks"
Kyburz, California -
April 30, 1980
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Tot learns how to hike before she walks
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Added "Glenn Seaborg letter to Gloria Allen's photos
(HikaNation banner maker) existing webpage
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Added "Glenn Seaborg letter to
Kimberly Allen Capps' HikaNation Photos
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All added to existing webpage: "Hikers Needed"
October 4, 1979 - 1st organizational meeting at North Face: Promotion and Publicity - Logistics - On Site and Hiking - Ceremony Opening Day - plus permits, closing the bridge, enlarging committee, test hike of first day's route
January 15, 1980 - notice about upcoming 2/4/1980 meeting
at North Face
February 4, 1980 - handwritten notes from the North Face meeting
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All added to previously existing webpage: "Hikers Needed"
79-10-04-north-face-meeting-notes.pdf
80-01-15-NF Meeting Notice.jpg
80-02-04-north-face-meeting-notes.pdf
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Added HikaNation route map with text - finalized/glossy
(4 sizes) "The American Hiking Society's 1980 Transcontinental Hike Route with caption" to existing webpage.
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California Legislature--1979-1980 Regular Session
Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 109
Relative to (closing) San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
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Added "25,000 expected to hike Bay Bridge" to
existing webpage.
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15,000 to 25,000
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Added Proclamation text draft - April 8, 1980,
(actual scroll was signed by mayors and diginitaries along the way) to existing webpages in right column.
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Added Proclamation text draft - April 8, 1980 to
Mike McReynolds' HikaNation Photos (#14) &
Brownsville, Kentucky Mayor signs scroll
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11/22/2023--Added "HikaNation and AHS overview,
including proposed budgets - Version #2"
at the bottom of the existing webpage.
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HikaNation and AHS overview,
including proposed budgets:
Version #1 and now Version #2
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11/22/2023--
Added "HIKANATION: A Sponsorship Proposal -
Version #2" at the bottom of the existing webpage.
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HIKANATION: A Sponsorship Proposal:
Version #1 and now Version #2
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| 11/24/2023--Added new webpage with Steve Hascall & Bruce Ohlson interviewed.
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Hikers going back east the hard way
April 2, 1980
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| Added another Steve Hascall article to the existing webpage above. New article included a condensed California HikaNation Schedule.
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Sunnyvale hiker ready
for 2,800-mile U.S. walk
HikaNation Schedule
April 8, 1980
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11/29/2023--Added "Heel 'n' toe to Oakland they go"
to existing webpage.
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Walking the Bay Bridge
April 13, 1980
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| 12/09/2023--Added photo of the entire article to top of the page. Below the photo is the article, recreated from 7 separate scanned images, provided by Bruce Ohlson in 2016.
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They're Not Masochists
---They're Hikers
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12/09/2023--Crumbling news article from Mike McReynolds--photographed in an attempt to preserve.
12/11/2023--Below the photo is the article, recreated from 4 separate scanned images. |
BACKWORDS
A trek across the nation
Hiking the Bay Bridge |
12/09/2023--Added the article
"Hike Across U.S.
Starts Here Soon"
to the bottom of existing page: BACKWORDS.
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Hike Across U.S. Starts Here Soon |
