Two employees of the National Park Service oversee 500 miles of trails in the 198,000-acre Shenandoah National Park, which straddles the Blue Ridge Mountains and covers parts of eight counties.

DAMASCUS, Va. — At 93, Nancy Patterson Lamb leads a quiet life in her Damascus Main Street home, caring for her two cats, Buttercup and Millie, and these days reflecting on her life as an ...