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	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The United States of America
		Passing by the great valley of the Mississippi, the next division is the region known as the Great Plains, which extends from the 97th meridian of W. longitude to the base of the Rocky Mountains.
		In this great acquisition of territory is to be found one of the earliest causes of the quarrel with the mother country.
		Great though that officer's genius undoubtedly was, it was not sufficient to sustain the declining fortunes of the South.
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	ATA - Allegheny Trail Alliance
		We're the Allegheny Trail Alliance, a coalition of seven rails to trails organizations building the Great Allegheny Passage, a 150 mile biking and hiking trail connecting Cumberland, MD and Pittsburgh, PA with a 52 mile branch to the Pittsburgh International Airport.
		The Great Allegheny Passage is a segment of the Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail.
		The Great Allegheny Passage is the registered mark of the Allegheny Trail Alliance.
	www.atatrail.org (297 words)

	Great Allegheny Passage - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Great Allegheny Passage is a foot trail currently under construction that will run for 150 miles from Cumberland, Maryland to Point State Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with a 52-mile branch to the Pittsburgh International Airport.
		When complete, this trail will link up with the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal towpath trail, which runs for 185 miles between Cumberland and Washington, DC.
		The Allegheny Trail Alliance is a group of seven trail organizations who have joined together to bring this trail to completion.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Great_Allegheny_Passage (156 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Allegheny Highlands Trail: Part of the Great Allegheny Passage, a group of rail-trails along a 152-mile bicycle and walking trail connecting Cumberland, MD with Pittsburgh.
		Armstrong Trail: The Allegheny Valley Land Trust is developing this 52-mile trail along the Allegheny River in Armstrong County.
		Allegheny Trail Alliance homepage, with trail maps and information for the Great Allegheny Passage trail partners.
	www.conemaughvalleyconservancy.org /links.php (405 words)

	Adventure Cycling Association
		Allegheny Trail Alliance A coalition of seven trail-building organizations in southwestern Pennsylvania and western Maryland whose purpose is to assure the construction, maintenance and use of the multi-purpose trail between Pittsburgh, PA, and Cumberland, MD, where the trail will join the C&O Canal Towpath Trail, which continues on to Washington, DC.
		The Great Allegheny Passage The Great Allegheny Passage is a segment of the Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail.
		The Allegheny Trail Alliance is an enterprise of many partners, the evolving Trail network celebrates the heritage of the Potomac and upper Ohio river basins and offers opportunities for hiking, bicycling, boating, horseback riding, and cross-country skiing.
	www.adventurecycling.org /cyp/list.cfm?s=Pennsylvania&f=lState (1685 words)

	New Logo For Cumberland To Pittsburgh Trail :: Weekend Adventures Magazine Online :: wamonline.com
		The “Great Allegheny Passage” logo was unveiled by the Allegheny Trail Alliance in three separate events along this 204-mile long trail that passes through five counties in Pennsylvania and one in Maryland.
		The Great Allegheny Passage is a trail system being developed from Cumberland, MD, to the Forks of the Ohio River at Pittsburgh, PA, and the Pittsburgh International Airport.
		Scheduled for completion in 2003 the Great Allegheny Passage is among the longest multi-purpose trails being developed east of the Mississippi.
	www.wamonline.com /summer2001/newlogo.htm (456 words)

	Kordite's Youghotomic Odyssey 2003
		In 1999, I rode the Youghiogheny River Trail, Allegheny Highlands Trail and CandO Canal Towpath from near McKeesport, PA to Washington, DC.
		I think that one of the failings of the Yough and Allegheny Highlands Trails are the lack of facilities, even as simple as a place to get water.
		This time it had cooled off enough that it wasn't too hot to be in the sleeping bag and the mosquitoes were either not bothering me or flapped their wings more quietly so that I could actually get some sleep.
	www.tasigh.org /gps/gap2003.html (3426 words)

	friendsoftheriverfront.org
		Friends of the Riverfront is a founding member of the Allegheny Trail Alliance, a group of seven rails-to-trails organizations working to construct the Great Allegheny Passage — a 152-mile continuous biking and walking trail linking Cumberland, MD to Pittsburgh, PA, ending at Point State Park.
		In Cumberland, the Great Allegheny Passage connects to the CandO Towpath and continues to Washington, DC.
		All along the Three Rivers Heritage Trail and Great Allegheny Passage as well as other regional trail systems, there is abundant opportunity for economic development and environmental restoration to the widespread disrepair caused by the loss of coal mining, rail and steel industries.
	www.friendsoftheriverfront.org /new_pages/heritage.htm (467 words)

	Confluence Tourism Association - Nearby Attractions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Several camping areas are located at the lake and the outflow area of the dam.
		The Great Allegheny Passage is a 152 mile biking and hiking trail that is being built by the Allegheny Trail Alliance.
		The Allegheny Trail Alliance is made up of seven rails to trails groups, each representing a section of the trail.
	www.visitconfluence.org /info/attract.html (541 words)

	National Recreation Trails 2004 Photo Contest / AlleghenyPA-1759.jpg (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Allegheny Highlands Trail segment of the Great Allegheny Passage National Recreation Trail.
		It wonÕt be officially open until summer 200, but this preview was offered as part of the Grand Opening of the Allegheny Highlands Trail in Maryland in October 2004 (the tunnel is actually a couple of miles into Pennsylvania, so it's on the PA segment).
		In the foreground are leaders of the Allegheny Highlands Trail in Maryland and the Montour Trail (photo by Mary Shaw; all rights reserved).
	www.americantrails.org /nationalrecreationtrails/04photocon/pages7/AlleghenyPA-1759_jpg.htm (105 words)

	Allegheny Recumbent Tours Trip Packages
		Allegheny Recumbent Tours currently offers daily half-day tours between Meyersdale, Confluence and Connellsville along the Great Allegheny Passage, with trip distances averaging 30 miles.
		Please contact us at (412) 445-8941 or jay@alleghenyrecumbentours.com and we would be happy to give you more information on how Allegheny Recumbent Tours can provide you, your family or group, with a day to remember in western Pennsylvania.
		While always traveling on a comfortable, smooth and descending trail, riders enjoy the sights and sounds of the flowing rivers from water's edge as well as from the spectacular vantage point of the numerous towering railroad trestles crossed on the way.
	www.alleghenyrecumbentours.com /trip_packages.html (351 words)

	Trails and Pathways \| Pittsburgh Green Story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Passage tells the stories of our region, from the early colonial days when a young George Washington sought a water route for trade from the eastern seaboard to the interior, to the Forks of the Ohio.
		Year by year, Western Pennsylvania is becoming a great place to live and visit because of the many outdoor recreation opportunities, and hosting the longest rail-trail in the East adds to this value.
		Linda McKenna Boxx is the president of the Allegheny Trail Alliance, a coalition of seven trail-building organizations in southwestern Pennsylvania and western Maryland whose purpose is to assure the construction, maintenance and use of a multi-purpose trail between Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C. She can be reached atamail@atatrail.org.
	www.pittsburghgreenstory.org /html/trails.html (767 words)

	Great Allegheny Passage Rail-Trail Newsletter
		Progress on the Allegheny Highlands Trail of Maryland took a giant and long-awaited leap forward this fall with the purchase of 4.8 miles of right of way from near Frostburg to the Mason Dixon Line.
		The recently published Somerset County map highlights the Great Allegheny Passage, thanks to Hank Parke and Somerset County Rails-to-Trails Association.
		Bob Downing, who was on the June tour, wrote a great article on the Passage that was picked up by newspapers as far away as Oklahoma.
	www.wvrtc.org /news/ata.html (1513 words)

	TRAILMONKEY'S Friendly Lynx page
		Great British Beer Festival: Celebration of real ales and ciders is held in early August at the Olympia Hall, London.
		Great Canadian Beer Festival: Annual event is sponsored by the CAMRA Victoria (BC) chapter and is typically held in November in Victoria.
		Great Taste of the Midwest: Second longest-running craft beer festival in the US will be a Saturday, in August, in Madison, WI.
	www.trailmonkey.com /lynx.htm (5130 words)

	Salisbury Viaduct Construction by Paul Fuller (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Now, completion of the Allegheny Highlands Trail in Somerset County is a coordinated effort between the County of Somerset, the Somerset County Rails-to-Trails Association, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
		The stories he presented to me in connection with the historic rehabilitation of the train station and the development of the Allegheny Highlands Trail are presented here as a fulfillment of his dream for these tales to be made available to others.
		The Allegheny Highlands Trail is a segment of the Great Allegheny Passage.
	www.meyersdale.org /rr_history/fuller_viaduct.html (1332 words)

	Allegheny Highlands Trail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The "jewel" of the Allegheny Highlands Trail is the 1911 Western Maryland Station, a historic preservation project of the Meyersdale Area Historical Society.
		Development of the Allegheny Highlands Trail has been a continuing project of the Somerset County Rails-to-Trails Association, which is a member of the Allegheny Trail Alliance.
		The alliance is comprised of seven trail groups united to build the 204-mile network now known as The Great Allegheny Passage from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Cumberland, Maryland.
	www.meyersdale.org /trail/rails.html (764 words)

	PA DCNR - resource - April 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		McKenna Boxx said every community along the great passage has stories of the volunteers working to build this trail and to improve the riverfronts and water quality.
		The Great Allegheny Passage covers 204 miles, of which 125 miles are constructed and heavily used.
		In Pennsylvania the “GAP” is comprised of the Three Rivers Heritage Trail; Steel Valley Trail; Montour Trail; Youghiogheny River Trail, North; Youghiogheny River Trail, South; and Allegheny Highlands Trail.
	www.dcnr.state.pa.us /polycomm/res2001/alleghenypassage0401.htm (254 words)

	Featured Greenway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Description: The Great Allegheny Passage is a 152-mile bicycle and walking trail connecting Cumberland, MD, with Pittsburgh, PA, with a 52-mile branch to the Pittsburgh International Airport.
		Designated a National Recreation Trail, the Great Allegheny Passage enables hikers, bicyclists, cross-country skiers, and people with disabilities to discover the region's singular beauty in river gorges, mountain vistas, and sweeping cityscapes.
		Trails included in the passage starting from north to south are the Montour Trail, the Three Riversand Steel Valley Trails, the Yough River Trail, the Allegheny Highlands Trail, and lastly the C&O Canal Towpath.
	www.pagreenways.org /featuredgreenway.asp (229 words)

	Filling in the broken lines on the Great Allegheny Passage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Additional sections of the passage are expected to be open by the end of this year.
		When the passage is completed, bicyclists will be able to pedal 150 miles from Pittsburgh to Cumberland, Md., and continue another 184.5 miles on the C and O Canal Tow Path to Washington, D.C. For more information, go to www.atatrail.org or call 1-888-282-2453.
		This trail, which parallels the riverbanks of the Allegheny, Monongahela and Ohio rivers, serves as the starting point of the Great Allegheny Passage for those who are heading east.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/05119/496329.stm (722 words)

	Stepping Stone Farm Bed & Breakfast
		We are three miles from the small borough of Confluence, PA, located at the "confluence" of three beautiful rivers (Laurel Hill, Casselman and the Youghiogheny) and the Youghiogheny Dam and Lake.
		The Great Allegheny Passage (bike trail from Pittsburgh to DC) passes through Confluence and has road access one mile from our farm at the Harnedsville trailhead (see instructions below: "Arriving by Bicycle").
		Allegheny Trail Alliance : Nearly 200 miles of continuous bicycle/hiking trail; from Pittsburgh to Washington, DC; follows the old BandO Railroad bed and the CandO Canal.
	www.steppingstonefarmbnb.com (1369 words)

	Bicycling: Keystone Viaduct in Somerset County brings Great Allegheny Passage closer to completion
		The Keystone Viaduct, one of the last major projects of the Great Allegheny Passage bike trail, is a 910-feet long with a curve in it.
		For more information on the Allegheny Trail Alliance and the Great Allegheny Passage, go to www.atatrail.org or call 1-888-282-2453.
		She praised everyone connected with The Great Ride, especially those who stopped to help her 75-year-old father during the 20-mile ride when he had three flat tires -- two in the front, one in the rear tire.
	www.post-gazette.com /sports/outdoors/20030803walsh0803p2.asp (1134 words)

	DC to Pittsburgh Trip Report
		The current end of the Great Allegheny Passage from Washington DC to Pittsburgh PA is at McKeesport about 15 miles from the ultimate terminus at Point State Park in Pittsburgh.
		This is a park and to get to this point you will need to follow the last section of the westbound instructions.
		You have reached the fountain which is the designated end of the Great Allegheny Passage.
	shaw-weil.com /trips/mckeepittroad.htm (1190 words)

	ABC Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		It is called the GREAT ALLEGHENY PASSAGE, and goes from near the Pittsburgh Airport to Washington, DC (when completed).
		The middle day was an attempt to ride to Myersdale, but the distance proved too great for a one day trip so it was shortened a bit.
		The weather was chilly and drizzly for two days, but the third day after starting in sub-freezing weather under a brilliant sky warmed up considerably.
	www.akronbike.org /articles/1037134311.html (269 words)

	Bike-hike trail system grows - PittsburghLIVE.com
		Section by section, the Great Allegheny Passage system of bike-hike trails linking Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C., is nearing completion.
		The Great Allegheny Passage is overseen by the Allegheny Trail Alliance, an umbrella group of seven partner organizations that have joined together in the rails-to-trails project.
		The passage may also serve as an artery for future feeder trails, allowing bikers and hikers from points as far apart as Mt. Pleasant and West Virginia to connect with the path.
	www.pittsburghlive.com /x/tribune-review/trib/regional/s_257782.html (1146 words)

	Western Pennsylvania Conservancy Daily e-Calendar
		This is being made possible by a coalition of seven rails to trails organizations known as the Allegheny Trail Alliance.
		The Great Allegheny Passage is a 152-mile bicycle/walking trail from Pittsburgh to Cumberland, MD that will eventually link to the C and O Canal Towpath, a trail that leads to Washington, DC.
		The picture here shows limestone outcrops along the Great Allegheny Passage trail that were surveyed for rare plants in 2003 as part of WPC's Somerset County Natural Heritage Inventory.
	www.wpconline.org /dailyphotos/wpc-d-2-12.asp (256 words)

	Pittsburgh Signs: Ohiopyle
		This is mile marker 72 of the Great Allegheny Passage, the Cumberland & Pittsburgh Trail.
		This particular sign is marking Route S which cuts across the southern part of the state.
		It's 332 miles through all the counties along the Maryland border and most of the route through Fayette County is in the Allegheny Highlands Trail.
	pittsburghsigns.org /archives/2005/09/ohiopyle.html (116 words)

	New Briefs :: Weekend Adventures Magazine Online :: wamonline.com
		The Great Allegheny Passage has been designated a National Recreational Trail and part of the National Trail System.
		One hundred continuous miles of the Great Allegheny Passage will be finished late this summer, with the entire system expected to be completed about 2003.
		The national designation for the Passage and 14 other trails was announced by U.S. Interior Secretary Gale Norton, who said the designation recognizes trails for their exceptional conservation efforts.
	www.wamonline.com /fall2001/newsbriefs.htm (962 words)

	AHTM Trail - Allegheny Highlands Trail Maryland - Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Allegheny Highlands Trail of Maryland is an association founded to promote and establish the Maryland portion of the Pittsburgh to Cumberland rail-trail on the former right-of-way of the Western Maryland Railway.
		The Allegheny Highlands Trail, now nearly completed, links the Washington DC to Cumberland CandO Canal Trail with a series of hiking and biking trails in Western Maryland that connect into Pennsylvania, creating a continuous trail of 380 miles from Washington to Pittsburgh.
		With those words, Gov. Robert Ehrlich signaled that the state of Maryland will be a full and committed partner in securing funding for the third and final - and most expensive - phase of the Allegheny Highlands Trail through Allegany County.
	www.ahtmtrail.org /ahtm_member.htm (209 words)

	Westmoreland: Youghiogheny River Trail
		The section of the Youghiogheny River Trail beginning at the I-70 bridge near Cedar Creek Park and continuing north to Buena Vista (approximately 10 miles) was recently resurfaced.
		, utilizing the old P. and L. Railroad right-of-way from McKeesport to Connellsville, is part of the regional trail system planned to link Washington, D.C. with Pittsburgh known as the Great Allegheny Passage.
		The main access points for residents of Westmoreland County are at Cedar Creek Park and West Newton.
	www.co.westmoreland.pa.us /westmoreland/cwp/view.asp?a=1440&q=605279 (196 words)

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