Be sure to get a signed release form so you can save the tape and use quotes from the interview. Look for signs of the railroad still remaining. As you ride, imagine what it was like to walk or ride a wagon over a road like this 200 years ago. And most were much more hilly. In Pennsylvania Road Show , producer Rick Sebak travels the back roads of Pennsylvania to find the unusual treasures hidden right beneath our noses.
Every old road has secrets waiting to be discovered by people whose eyes are open.
Roads change over time, but almost always leave clues behind about what they once were. Pick an older road nearby and travel it, looking for interesting clues to the past along the way. If possible walk or ride a bike along it so you have time to look. Take pictures or video of what you discover. Try to find old photographs of the road and the people places, and events surrounding it.