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Stories & Journals

  1. Jim Kern:   The HikaNation Story
    from Trail Reflections

  2. John Stout:   Twenty Million Footsteps

  3. Toni Martinazzi:   HikaNation Journal #1
    April 9, 1980--May 9, 1980 (California)

  4. Janet Hartowicz-Parsons:   Chapter 1. California
    April 12, 1980--May 6, 1980 (California)

  5. Rex Halfpenny:   HikaNation: In The Beginning
    Conception of HikaNation through California

  6. Larry E Carpenter:   HikaNation & Jeannie Harmon
    One Woman's Journey Across a Continent

  7. Toni Martinazzi:   50 Hours Alone In The Woods
    August 11, 1980 (heading to Rico, Colorado)

  8. John Stout:   Seattle Signpost for Northwest Trails:
    John Stout's monthly reports on HikaNation

  9. Susan "Butch" Henley:   Susan Henley Reports from HikaNation
    published in the Potomac Appalachian

  10. Don Potter:   Letter to HikaNation
    September 1980 (Walsenburg, Colorado)

  11. Paula Guerrein:   In Step Across America
    December 1980 (Arkansas)

  12. Dwight Riggs:   Looking Back at HikaNation
    March 1981

  13. Rob Burns:   A 14-year-old cross-country hiker's journal
    news article published May 10, 1981

  14. Padraic P. Boyle:   "From Sea To Shining Sea"
    August 5, 1981

  15. Shellie Newell:   A Guide to HikaNation - Utah 1983
    1983

  16. Unknown:   HikaNation Route journal CA to IL (55 pages),
    including original route and alternate routes

  17. Monty Montgomery:   A Hiker's Route Guide for Colorado

Retrospectives

  1. Wayne Curtis, American Hiker:  
    HikaNation 1980-81: Thirty-seven intrepid hikers
    Winter 1992

  2. Gayle Fisher   Vivid memories of a cross country hike
    September 20, 1981

  3. Stacey Waring & The Washington Post:
    I crossed the U.S. on foot with a group of strangers 40 years ago. It was one of the best decisions of my life.
    May 25, 2021

  4. William Ewart & San Francisco Chronicle:
    How 7,000 people hiked across the Bay Bridge
    from San Francisco to Oakland
    April 12, 2022

Poems & Songs

  1. John Stout:   This Land
    July 21, 1980 (Lake Powell, Utah)

  2. Stacey Waring:   A Special Thanksgiving
    November 28, 1980 (Lake Fort Smith, Arkansas)

  3. Stacey Waring:   Christmas 1980
    December 25, 1980

  4. Stacey Waring:   A year for answers
    May 27, 1981 (Cape Henlopen, Delaware)

  5. Linda Stoneman:   HikaNation Song

  6. John & Helen Stout:   Color it Blue
    December 1981

  7. Stan Adamson:   A "HikaNation" Song

Reflections & Memories

  1. David Chernow:   Marcie Memory
    August 16, 2010

  2. HikaNation Reflections:   35 Years After the Hike
    September 2015

  3. Jim Kern:   The Saloon Door Story
    January 15, 2016 (published)

  4. Mike McReynolds:   HikaNation - How It Began
    July 30, 2018

  5. Terry Ernst:   Thoughts on HikaNation
    August 2018

  6. Bruce Ohlson:   Rush to Oklahoma
    August 24, 2018

  7. Bruce Ohlson:   Side Trip to Fort Larned, Kansas
    August 27, 2018

  8. Charles Salkin:   Dedication of Pinelands Trail
    and HikaNation ceremony - May 27,1981
    October 8, 2018

  9. Doug Marshall:   HikaNation Memories
    Facebook posts from 2019, 2020, and 2021

  10. Janet Hartowicz-Parsons:   I Miss
    April 2020

  11. Gomer Pyles:   Canyonlands & Colorado River Bridge
    Facebook posts from August 2020

  12. John Mills:   Ruby's Inn & Pikes Peak marathon
    Facebook posts from August 2020

  13. Bruce Ohlson & Scott:   The HikaNation Guitar
    February 1 & 3, 2021

  14. Terry Ernst:   Mirkwood HikaNation Chili Party
    February 12, 2021

  15. Recollections from the Billy Joe Tatum Party
    on December 13, 1980
    September 2022

  16. Toni Martinazzi:   A Henry Mountain Side Trip Inquiry
    February 4, 2023

  17. Tim Ernst:   Gregory Blacksmith Shop, Arkansas
    November 13, 2023


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