Code,917014
Subject,Patience (Pat) Cameron Hoskins
Date,6/12/17
Interviewer,Jane Hill
Abstract,"Patience (Pat) Cameron Hoskins joined the Cleveland Hiking Club in 1977 after marrying her husband, Harry Cameron, and moving to Cleveland. She and Harry were the authors of ""Cleveland on Foot"" and ""Beyond Cleveland on Foot,"" hiking guides to the trails in the Cleveland and Northeast Ohio area.  Pat talks about her beginnings hiking in New England, her move to Cleveland, and writing the books, including using the hiking club hikes for the first drafts of ""Cleveland on Foot."""
Tags,"hiking, guidebooks"
Special Notes,
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0,Introduction; joined the CHC when she moved to Cleveland in 1977; married Harry Cameron
1,Had been member of several New England hiking clubs; met husband in those clubs
2,"Authored ""Cleveland on Foot"" because there was no guidebook for hikes in Cleveland"
3,"Promoted book, but continued to hike all over NE Ohio, and needed a book ""beyond Cleveland"""
4,"Born in Stanford, Connecticut; talks about personal history"
5,Approached by David Gray to publish book.  Adjusted to using maps to find way around to find to CHC hikes
6,"Hiked on Sundays, enjoyed the area, thought about writing down the hikes that CHC led, started exploring on their own"
7,Hand drew the maps for the first addition of book until Gray found a graphic artist to do it
8,"Book took more time, so there was less time to hike with CHC, but still great memories"
9,"Spent time at camp, potlucks but didn't like the latrines, worth the trip from Cleveland Heights to Medina County"
10,"Emily Gregor was great fun, devoted to CHC; has fond memories of others who also loved to hike"
11,"Cleveland on Foot was a result of interesting hikes, included historical information"
12,Joe Hannibal from Cleveland Museum of Natural History added gelological info about buildings downtown
13,"Included architectural information about buildings; took time to do work, but fun"
14,"Expanded range to seven counties to write ""Beyond Cleveland On Foot""--58 hikes in this book, 50 in first"
15,Rob and Peg Boble helped rewrite second addition of Cleveland on Foot
16,Wrote introduction for both books explaining motivation for writing books; People new to area find the books helpful 
17,Currently hikes close to home--Got into writing when doing a brief guidebook for Appalachian Mountain Club 
18,"Wrote a small sheet ""Information for Hike Leaders"" for CHC"
19,"Leader is responsible for safety of other hikers, what to do if someone is not able to complete hikes"
20,"Leader should provide an ""escape hatch"" for those unable to finish hike"
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