There , as he healed , MacKaye nurtured his most famous idea -- the Appalachian Trail .
Charles Whitaker , a friend and editor of the Journal of the American Institute of Architects , invited the devastated MacKaye to stay at his farm in Mount Olive , NJ .
There , as MacKaye healed , MacKaye nurtured MacKaye 's most famous idea -- the Appalachian Trail .
Charles Whitaker , a friend and editor of the Journal of the American Institute of Architects , invited the devastated MacKaye to stay at his farm in Mount Olive , NJ .