Darlington Shelter
The place
Darlington Shelter in Cumberland County, Boiling Springs/Appalachian Trail sector (Blue Mountain Cumberland Valley Pennsylvania, United States), at 347 m elevation, on the Blue Mountain slope. Continuous US East Appalachian Trail cluster (batches 260-410). AT lean-to shelter Pennsylvania mile 1130 (Appalachian Trail 3540 km Georgia-Maine, 1937, iconic + Blue Mountain Pennsylvania ridge 750 m + Cumberland Valley crossing 30 km + Boiling Springs 3,000 residents village on the Appalachian Trail + heritage of the Susquehannock/Lenape (Iroquoian people, Susquehannock 5,000, vanished 18th c. + Lenape/Delaware 12,000 speakers of the Lenape Unami language + iconic Pennsylvania heritage, 2nd colony, William Penn Quaker 1682, iconic religious tolerance Philadelphia + iconic Declaration of Independence, 4 July 1776, Philadelphia, iconic Jefferson Franklin + Constitution 17 September 1787 iconic + iconic Gettysburg 1-3 July 1863 Civil War Union Lee defeat 51,000 casualties iconic battle of America + Gettysburg Address Lincoln 19 November 1863 iconic + iconic Amish 1720+ Ordnung Old Order iconic refuse technology + Hershey chocolate 1894 iconic + iconic Three Mile Island 28 March 1979 iconic 1st US nuclear accident + iconic Pittsburgh steel US Steel 1901 iconic + Rust Belt industrial decline iconic).
The setting
Cumberland Boiling Springs/Appalachian Trail Blue Mountain Cumberland Valley PA USA 347 m Blue Mountain slope, continuous cluster batches 260-410, AT lean-to shelter Pennsylvania mile 1130 + AT 3540 km GA-ME 1937 iconic + Blue Mountain 750 m + Cumberland Valley 30 km + Boiling Springs 3,000, Susquehannock/Lenape Iroquoian Susquehannock 5,000 vanished 18th c. + Lenape/Delaware 12,000 Lenape Unami + PA 2nd colony Penn Quaker 1682 iconic religious tolerance + Declaration 4 July 1776 Philadelphia Jefferson Franklin iconic + Constitution 17 Sept 1787 iconic + Gettysburg 1-3 July 1863 Civil War Union Lee 51,000 casualties iconic battle of America + Gettysburg Address Lincoln 19 Nov 1863 iconic + Amish 1720+ Ordnung Old Order iconic + Hershey chocolate 1894 iconic + Three Mile Island 28 March 1979 1st US nuclear accident iconic + Pittsburgh steel US Steel 1901 iconic + Rust Belt industrial decline iconic.
