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Great American Rail-Trail Historical Marker Program
Rails-to-Trails Conservancy has partnered with the Pomeroy Foundation on a marker program designed to highlight historically significant people, places and events along the 3,700-mile Great American Rail-Trail®. Through this exciting program, we seek to engage trail users in the diverse cultural histories of communities along the developing route, while helping communities achieve their goals for trailside tourism and economic development.
In 2023, we collaborated with trail managers and historians to identify and research 12 historic points of interest located on Great American host trails and commemorate them with permanent trailside markers.
Since its inception in 2005, the Pomeroy Foundation has funding more than 2,000 signs and roadside markers across the United States, all the way to Alaska. Learn more about its partner programs.
The Great American Rail-Trail is a signature project of Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, the nation’s largest trails organization—with a grassroots community more than 1 million strong—dedicated to connecting people and communities through a nationwide network of public trails, many from former rail lines. The “Great American” is the most ambitious project in its TrailNation™ portfolio—the organization’s initiative to encourage the rapid replication of regional trail networks across the country. Follow @greatamericanrailtrail on Facebook and Instagram.
