File:Canal - March 1954 U.S. Supreme Court justice and conservationalist William O. Douglass.jpg
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The Baltimore Sun reported in 1994, "it's hard to imagine a two-lane layer of asphalt smothering the ribbon of dirt that is the C&O Canal towpath."
In March 1954 U.S. Supreme Court justice and conservationalist William O. Douglass used shoe leather to make a point that the tow path & canal should be spared from conversion to a highway during the Eisenhower Administration as he led an 8-day 184.5 mile hike from Georgetown to Cumberland. His goal was made reality in 1971 when the C&O Canal was designated a National Historical Park.
Here the justice makes his way along the tow path at Brunswick with:
(L-R) Maryland State Delegate Joe Payne (far left), ??, Justice Douglass, Emory Frye, Ralph Stauffer?, ??, Elwood Wineholt. Tony Cincotta is on the far right ahead of the hikers.
(From the Myer Kaplon Photo Collection at the Brunswick Community Library; Frederick County Public Libraries)
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