Garrett County MD Archives - Appalachian History

Cursed Land in Garrett County Scorches All Homes

In Garrett County, MD, somewhere around Swallow Falls or McHenry, there is a plot of land that may be “cursed.”

A 1926 account of Grantsville, Maryland’s oldest inn: Little Crossings (still standing and now known as Penn Alps Restaurant & Craft Shop.)

A selection from the Oakland High School Yearbook, 1930, Garrett County, MD. The more things change, the more they stay the same!

Ruth Bear Levy wrote about how “modern artists could create masterpieces out of the sights and sounds of Lonaconing.”

Those broad, enclosed valleys whose meandering streams are often bordered by rather marshy ground are known in Garrett County as Glades.