Sunday Firesides: Blessed Are the Trail Maintainers

“Pioneers! O Pioneers!” Walt Whitman exulted more than a century and a half ago.

Since that time, we have continued to laud those who get there first -- society’s innovators, groundbreakers, and mavericks.

Conversely, the praises of those who follow in their wake are left unsung.

We throw a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the opening of a new road, but not for…