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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JIU_capture-of-generals-b-f-kelly-and-george-crook_Cumberland-MD.html
A company of Confederates, young men from Cumberland, Maryland, Hampshire and Hardy Counties, West Virginia, captured several picket posts, obtained the countersign "Bulls Gap," rode into the city, captured two commanding Union Generals,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JIT_a-boom-for-cumberland_Cumberland-MD.html
The National Road and the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad came together at this spot in 1842 at Cumberland's first railroad station. For a few years, it was necessary for passengers and freight to transfer from railroad cars to coach and wagon for the t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19YE_boat-building-at-the-cumberland-basin_Cumberland-MD.html
Cumberland, the western terminus of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, was the location where the George's Creek coal from western Allegany County was transferred from the short line railroads to canal boats for shipment east. Cumberland was also the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19YC_life-on-the-canal_Cumberland-MD.html
The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal ran from Georgetown in Washington, D.C. (Mile 0) to Cumberland, MD (Mile 184.5), paralleling the Potomac River. Most of the heavy shipping originated from the western terminus at Cumberland. Boatmen carrying coal, lum…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19Y9_the-national-road_Cumberland-MD.html
". . . so many happy people, restless in the midst of abundance." —Alexis de Tocqueville, 1840.
Americans are an adventurous people. Frompast to present, they have used feet, horses,wagons, stagecoaches, canals, railroads,bicycles, automo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19Y8_cumberland-terminus-yesterday-and-today_Cumberland-MD.html
Independence Day, July 4th, 1828, would be an important day for Cumberland, Maryland. On that day, far to the east, the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad both broke ground. The finish line of these companies' race was t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19Y6_in-honor-of-the-sons-and-daughters-of-mount-savage_Mt-Savage-MD.html
Who served their country in the World War, this bridge was built, and in loving remembrance ofJ. Edward Carney · Walter H. Green · Lloyd H. Hartman · Joseph B. Hammers · Lawrence B. Miller · James Shaffer ·…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19Y5_the-naming-of-frostburg_Frostburg-MD.html
Contrary to popular belief that it was named for its frigid winter weather, Frostburg can trace its history back to 1800 when the community was known as Mt. Pleasant. By the time the National Road (authorized by Congress in 1806) opened through in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1551_western-maryland-railway-station_Cumberland-MD.html
Opened July 1913National Register of Historic PlacesListed June 1973Presented by Preservation Society of Allegany CountySeptember 1987
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13LM_on-this-site-stood-metro-clothes_Cumberland-MD.html
Owned and managed by Joseph Feldstein, Metro Clothes was established in 1932 and originally located across the street. The business relocated to this site after the 1936 flood. Metro Clothes was a leading outfitter in men's and boys' clothing and …