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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2JE_garrett-memorial-church_Oakland-MD.html
Directly behind you, John W. Garrett built Garrett Memorial Church in 1869 as a memorial to his brother Henry S. Garrett who died in 1867. The site was originally chosen by his brother for a church, but he died before steps could be taken to build…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2J5_welcome-to-daileys-park_Oakland-MD.html
Dailey's Park. The Garrett County Historical Society welcomes you to Dailey's Park. This park is named in honor of John and Ann Rebecca Dailey, who owned and operated the Glades Hotel in Oakland from 1859 to 1881. Historian Thomas Scharf noted tha…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2GU_mccullochs-path_Oakland-MD.html
(Named for an early pioneer.) The first trail through The Glades passed near this point. George Washington on his visit here in September 1784, wrote of it: "McCulloch's Path which owes its origin to buffaloes, being no other than their tracks fro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2C9_savage-river-camp_Frostburg-MD.html
General Braddock's 3rd camp on his march to Fort Duquesne June 16, 1755. The route, later known as the Old Braddock Road, passes to the southeast of the National Road. Captain Orme's diary says "we entirely demolished three wagons and shattered se…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BY_stantons-mill_Grantsville-MD.html
In 1797, Thomas Stanton conveyed water rights to Jesse Tomlinson, and Tomlinson built the first grist mill on the site of Col. Dunbar's 1755 hospital encampment. The mill was prime reason for settlement in this area. In addition to being an imp…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AG_leo-j-beachy_Grantsville-MD.html
"My camera lens does not lie. It took just what it saw, no more, no less." -Leo Beachy Leo J. Beachy (1874-1927) left us a special legacy. One of seven children raised on a farm named Mt. Nebo, he lived in these mountains all his life. He enjo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2A7_the-grave-of-meshack-browning_Friendsville-MD.html
(1781-1859) Born at Damascus, Maryland. Garrett County's most famous hunter, Browning wrote the book, "Forty-Four Years of the Life of a Hunter". During this time he killed two thousand deer and five hundred bear.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24V_bear-creek-trout-hatchery-and-rearing-station_Accident-MD.html
One and one-half miles from this point. Purchased by state 1928.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24N_friends-graveyard_Friendsville-MD.html
Nearby are the graves of John Friend, Sr. (1732-1808), Kerrenhappuch Hyatt (d. 1798), his wife, and their son Gabriel (1761-1852), John and Gabriel were soldiers in the Revolution. The first permanent settlers in Garrett County, they settled on th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22Y_1884-oakland-train-station_Oakland-MD.html
Given the architectural design term "Queen Ann Style" by its architect E. Francis Baldwin, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's "1884 Oakland Train Station" is the third building to occupy this location. The first station was a small, square two-stor…
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