Garrett County MD Archives - Page 3 of 3

Some notes on Sang Run, MD

Sang Run MD got its name from Gin Seng. At one time it grew here in abundance. There is still some scattered plants to be found.

“Sugar making time was looked forward to with pleasant anticipation by the young people,” writes George Benson Kuykendall in 1919.

A steam saw mill was then as much of a sight as a Barnum’s big show now. The next mill of the kind was that of Kreeks, about 1840.

Ann Johnson believed she deserved more from life than to work in a general store owned by her husband, Cornelius, & live in the backwoods.

The bucket was made of tin. In the bottom was tea for lunch. In the upper section was a compartment for a couple of sandwiches or some fruit.

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