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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZAB_casselman-hotel_Grantsville-MD.html
The Casselman is a mid 19th-century hostelry, probably built in the early 1800's by Soloman Sterner, to serve travelers on the National Road. The stylistic features of the building show strong early 1800s Federal influence, but many of the specifi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UYB_mountain-maryland-gateway-to-the-west-historical_Grantsville-MD.html
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Gateway to the West
The overarching theme in the Heritage Area is Garrett County's relationship to the opening and development of America's western frontier in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. In fact Garrett County is Maryla…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UWX_yoder-house-historical_Grantsville-MD.html
The Yoder House is being built to preserve and share the Yoder story. The House of Yoder, nonprofit, tax exempt corporation was formed and construction followed ground breaking on October 21, 1995. Work progressed as donated funds and labor became…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UWK_history-of-deep-creek-lake-historical_Swanton-MD.html
The Deep Creek Project was begun in 1922 by the Youghiogheny Hydro-Electric Corporation and was completed in 1925. Deep Creek Lake is the largest man-made lake in Maryland. At full pool, Deep Creek Lake has 65 miles of shoreline and sites at 2462 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UWI_fighting-forest-fires-historical_Swanton-MD.html
State Forester Fred W. Besley developed Maryland's first systematic program of fighting forest fires. Beginning in 1910, Besley commissioned an elite corps of volunteers called forest wardens that numbered about 650 in 1935. Their responsibilities…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UWH_fighting-forest-fires-is-a-hard-job-historical_Swanton-MD.html
During the early 20th century, forest fires ravaged Maryland, impacting both people and wildlife, and costing uncalculated dollars worth of damage annually. Not only was marketable timber lost, but so were emerging sprouts and seedlings. Moreover,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TH5_the-crash-of-buzz-one-four-historical_Barton-MD.html
Near this site, at 1:42 am on January 13th 1964, a B-52 bomber, call sign "Buzz One Four", crashed during a blizzard. The plane, with a crew of five, was armed with two 9-megaton nuclear weapons. Four of the five crew members ejected from the plan…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TFK_historic-braddock-road-historical_Frostburg-MD.html
The following was taken from the journal of Robert Orme, aid de camp to General Braddock - June 15, 1755: We this day (with 2100 troops, 1500 hundred horses, 200 wagons and twelve cannons) passed the Allegany Mountains, which is a rocky ascent of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LDC_the-national-pike_Grantsville-MD.html
In 1806 Congress authorized and funded the construction of a National Road from Cumberland, MD to the Ohio River at Wheeling, WV. This National Road, also known as the National Pike or Cumberland Road, was our nation's first highway and truly the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LDB_casselman-river-bridge_Grantsville-MD.html
When built in 1873, this structure was the largest single-span stone bridge in America. The high arch was designed to facilitate riverboat traffic on the proposed C&O Canal. However, due to the emerging railroad industry in the nineteenth century,…