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September 2018 and Beyond

Photos, memos, newspaper articles, etc., received from Rex Halfpenny
& Mary Oswald are listed below (left column). Thank you, Rex & Mary!!

The scanned versions have been added to various places, including to
The Progression of HikaNation (right column).

More contributions ( articles or photos,  etc. ) are always welcome: e-mail HikaNation.

Received from Terry Ernst
September 2015
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to access individual pages
100 of Rex Halfpenny's slides from HikaNation Rex Halfpenny's HikaNation photos
 
Received from Rex Halfpenny & Mary Oswald
September 2018
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to access individual pages
Miscellaneous B&W photos;
13 sets of B&W 2x2 Hiker photos
Additional set of
Rex Halfpenny's HikaNation photos
Postum Press Kit items:
  • HikaNation Route Map & text - (new)
  • Final Leg Route Map (C&O Canal to D.C.) - (new)

  • "The Beginning" text and photo (previously added)
  • Colorado Route Map (previously added)


Seems I'm behind in updating Rex & Mary's Archives.

Date Description Links

05/22/2022
From the "Postum Press Kit" archives of Rex Halfpenny &
Mary Oswald, added these articles to HikaNation Press Releases
which resulted in a major revision to the entire page.
  1. Join HikaNation
  2. No Travel Agent Could Have Planned It Better
  3. Lawrence 'Monty' Montgomery
  4. Half a Hundred Heartyy Hikers
    Head For Colorado on Historic HikaNation
  5. Half a Hundred Hardy Hikers
    Head For Oklahoma on Historic HikaNation
  6. National Trail Dedication Marks Arrival
    of HikaNation in Northeastern Oklahoma
  7. Earlier This Year
  8. Crossing the Nation One Step at a Time
  9. Stout Of Heart
  10. Chow Down

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From the "Postum Press Kit" archives of Rex Halfpenny &
Mary Oswald, added these articles to Postum Tested Recipes.
Rex & Mary's "color" articles replaced the previously existing
black & white versions provided by
John Stout & the American Hiking Society.
Pages below were added to the
Postum Tested Recipes webpage:
  1. What's The Secret To Good Cooking
    On The Trail?    Organization!
  2. About Postum Instant Grain Beverage
  3. Hot Spicy Beverage
  4. Chocolatey Beverage
  5. Flavored Milk Shake
  6. Mapley Beverage
  7. Cereal Bread
  8. Hot Cinnamon Milk
  9. Dark Rye Bread
05/30/2022 From the archives of Rex Halfpenny & Mary Oswald, added a Backpacker Footnotes article about "Over the Head" backpack loading. Over The Head Pebee Flop

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From the archives of Rex Halfpenny & Mary Oswald, added Backpacker Footnotes articles about my first HikaNation "tent" and my second backpack. The Marmot Burrow

The Kelty Backpack.
"" From the archives of Rex Halfpenny & Mary Oswald, added a Backpacker Footnotes pre-HikaNation Ad. 1979 HikaNation Ad
05/31/2022 From the archives of Rex Halfpenny & Mary Oswald, added a Backpacker Footnotes tribute to Justice William O. Douglas. HikaNation Arrival - C&O Canal Segment
"" From the archives of Rex Halfpenny & Mary Oswald, added a Backpacker Footnotes article containing the Newsweek article. A 4,000-Mile Trek To Save the Trails

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From the archives of Rex Halfpenny & Mary Oswald, added the first page of American Hiker - March 1981 issue. American Hiker - The AHS and IBA Merge!
March 1981 issue

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From the archives of Rex Halfpenny & Mary Oswald, added a reference to the Harpers Ferry AYH-Hostel which HikaNation Hikers used after the 100K along the C&O Canal, May 2, 1981. The Harpers Ferry AYH-Hostel
from the American Hiker Autumn 1989 magazine
(on the 100K Hike webpage)

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From the archives of Rex Halfpenny & Mary Oswald, added a Backpacker Books Catalog cover image to the bottom of this archives index page. Rex & Mary Archives index


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