Edward B. Garvey

Panoramic view of the Potomac River taken from Weverton Cliffs looking west/southwest

Edward B. "Ed" Garvey (born November 13, 1914[1] in Farmington, Minnesota;[2] died September 20, 1999 at Arlington Hospital in Virginia[3] of congestive heart failure)[4] thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail in 1970 and in 1971 published a book about his adventure, Appalachian Hiker, that raised awareness of thru-hiking.

Garvey was an auditor for the Soil Conservation Service and chief financial officer for the National Science Foundation and retired in 1969.[2] He lived in the Washington D.C. area from the 1940s.[2]

He helped build and maintain the Appalachian Trail and served as a president of the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club as well as on the Appalachian Trail Conference board of managers and was a member of the Appalachian Long Distance Hikers Association.[2]

He also worked to pass state and federal legislation including the National Trails System Act of 1968 and its 1978 amendments.[3]

In 1996, the Wilderness Society and the Izaak Walton League honored him with the American Land Hero Award for his efforts to protect the Appalachian Trail.[2]

On June 17, 2011 he was inducted into the Appalachian Trail Hall of Fame at the Appalachian Trail Museum as a charter member.[5]

The Ed Garvey Memorial Shelter on the Appalachian Trail at Weverton Cliffs at Weverton, Maryland near Harpers Ferry, West Virginia was built and named in his honor.[6]

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  1. ↑ Social Security Death Index. "EDWARD GARVEY (1914-1999), Social Security Death Index". SSDI Death Records. Mocavo.com. Retrieved 2014-05-11.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 BACKPACKER Editors. "AT Advocate Edward Garvey Died | Backpacker Magazine". Backpacker.com. Retrieved 2014-05-11.
  4. ↑ "Edward Garvey Dies; Was Conservationist; Worked to Preserve Appalachian Trail". Washington Post. September 23, 1999.
  5. ↑ "Hall of Fame charter class". Atmuseum.org. 2011-06-17. Retrieved 2014-05-11.
  6. ↑ "ED Garvey Memorial Shelter - PATC". Patc.us. 2001-04-29. Retrieved 2014-05-11.