Illustrated 
 Guide to 
 
 Oakland 
 
 Walks Drives 
 Excursions 
 
 Price Ten Cents 
 
 Copyright WOO 
 Oakland Club, Md. 
 
*"pHIS illustrated Guide to Oakland, 
 "^ Maryland, is published by the 
 Oakland Club, an organization formed 
 for social improvement of its mem- 
 bers and the material advancement 
 of the town. The purpose of the 
 Guide is to advance the interests 
 of Oakland as a place of temporary 
 or permanent residence for visitors, 
 by presenting to them the advantages 
 of its location in such a way that they 
 can both be seen and appreciated. 
 
Illustrated 
 Guide to 
 
 Oakland 
 
 Walks Drives 
 Excursions 
 
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Oakland and Vicinity. 
 
 Oakland, Maryland, is located on the 
 main line of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. 
 It is in the extreme western end of the State, 
 being twenty miles south of Pennsylvania 
 and eight miles north and east of West Vir- 
 ginia. By rail Oakland is distant twelve 
 hours from New York, ten hours from Phil- 
 adelphia, seven hours from Baltimore, six 
 hours from Washington, six hours from Pitts- 
 burg, five hours from Wheeling, eleven 
 hours from Cincinnati, and fifteen hours from 
 Chicago. 
 
 Oakland is situated on a plateau about 
 2800 feet above sea level. This plateau ex- 
 tends from Altamont, summit of the railroad 
 grade on the East, to Terra Alta, summit of 
 the railroad grade on the West, a distance 
 of twenty miles, the town of Oakland being 
 midway between the two. The breezes 
 sweep over this plateau, but the mountain 
 ridges which border it break the force of 
 high winds, and storms such as are common 
 in low lands, are unknown. The air always is 
 stirring and on the warmest days in summer 
 there is a breeze. The singularly fine climate 
 of Oakland — bracing, dry and soft air — is due 
 not only to its elevation, but also to its loca- 
 tion in the middle of this extensive plateau. 
 
 Oakland is the county seat of Garrett 
 County, the largest in area and smallest in 
 population, per square mile, of the counties 
 of Maryland. The town is regularly laid 
 out, with streets running from north-east to 
 south-west and from north-west to south- 
 east. The railroad enters the town at the 
 south-east, runs due north past the station 
 and departs to the north-west, cutting the 
 town in two with a diagonal line and giving 
 the false impression that the streets were not 
 laid out properly. The main streets are 
 paved with brick or are macadamized. The 
 side walks are of brick, stone or boards, 
 generally the last. The little Youghiogheny 
 river runs through the town in same direc- 
 tion as the railroad and empties into the 
 big Youghiogheny river about a mile to the 
 north-west. Another small stream comes 
 from the north-east, passes under the main 
 street in the very center of the town, and 
 empties into the little Yough, as it is locally 
 
 called. The hillsides upon which the houses 
 are built dip towards these streams and tjiere 
 is natural drainage. Oakland drys up 
 quickly after rain. The streets are lighted 
 at night with arc electric lights and all the 
 stores are equipped with incandescent electric 
 lights, so the town is bright by night as well 
 as by day. The sentiment in favor of law 
 and order is ruling and Oakland is peaceful. 
 
 Oakland has been a resort in summer of 
 people from cities for many years — thirty or 
 more. Residents and visitors are used to 
 each other. People who come, usually re- 
 main several weeks or the whole season, as 
 cottage life is the rule rather than the ex- 
 ception. The hotels and boarding houses 
 have their guests also and these stay here 
 longer than do summer people elsewhere. 
 The reason is that people do not come to 
 Oakland for the amusements they can have 
 at almost every other place, but they come 
 for the fresh, pure air, for rest, for out-of- 
 door life, free from dust, noise and crowds. 
 Oakland offers rest and quiet without isola- 
 tion. A dozen or more families from cities 
 regularly keep house in summer, finding it 
 easy because the stores are good and sup- 
 plies ample. Friends of theirs come to the 
 boarding houses, hotels and cottages. There 
 is a colony of summer people. 
 
 Oakland in summer is given over to out- 
 of-door life. From early spring to early 
 summer there are trout to be caught in the 
 mountain streams, later the bass come into 
 the Youghiogheny River, and chub also, a 
 fish not to be despised in cold mountain 
 waters. Fishing has improved in recent 
 years. There is, of course, not much shoot- 
 ing until fall, though woodcock occasionally 
 are found. There are golf, tennis and base- 
 ball. Riding, driving and walking — be- 
 cause of the excellence of the roads and 
 beauty of the scenery — are favorite forms of 
 recreation. There are band concerts two 
 evenings in the week and occasional dances 
 are given in the hotels. During August 
 lectures, concerts and other entertainments 
 are given morning, afternoon and night in 
 the auditorium at Mountain Lake Park, dis- 
 tant one mile from Oakland. 
 
OAKLAND 
 
 Oakland air is its strongest claim as a 
 summer resort. It is like a tonic. In it 
 people feel well — life seems a pleasure. 
 Si( k children brought from cities revive in a 
 i\-w days. ( Oakland's accessibility is an- 
 other claim. There are five express trains 
 and two accomodation trains, or fourteen 
 trains, both ways, daily. The express trains 
 are through trains, carrying sleeping, dining 
 and parlor cars. All trains stop at Oakland 
 station, in which are express and telegraph 
 offices. One can be out in the country at 
 Oakland without being out of the world. 
 Another claim for Oakland are its stores. 
 Although a town of twelve hundred inhab- 
 itants only, the stores would do credit to 
 towns many times as large. Ladies in 
 fashionable costumes, seated in carriages, 
 with coachman and footmen, may be seen 
 any summer day on shopping tours, and 
 they generally can get what they want, as 
 Oakland storekeepers have had this kind of 
 trade many years. Finally, the charm of 
 Oakland to some people is the variety of 
 social life offered in and near it. At some 
 summer resorts everybody dresses alike and 
 does the same things. At Oakland one may 
 put on the roughest clothes and spend the 
 day in forests which seem almost primeval ; 
 and in the evening, a few miles away, can 
 mingle in society as gay and fashionable as 
 is to be found anywhere. In brief, people 
 who come to Oakland do not find their day's 
 
 Attorneys-at-Law. 
 
 W. A. Daily, attorney-at-law. Office on 
 Alder street, opposite Central Hotel. 
 
 Gilmor S. Hamill, attorney-at-law and 
 solicitor in chancery. Office on Alder street. 
 
 E. L. Mitchell, attorney-at-law and solic- 
 itor in chancery. Office on Second street. 
 
 J. T. Mitchell, attorney-at-law and solici- 
 tor in chancery. Office on Second street. 
 
 Peddicord & Peddicord, attorneys-at-law. 
 Office in McComas Building, Second street. 
 
 Julius C. Renninger, attorney and coun- 
 selor-at-law. Office in Ravenscraft Building. 
 
 Norval Speelman, attorney-at-law and so- 
 licitor in chancery. Office in Opera House 
 Building. 
 
 E. H. Sincell, attorney-at-law and solici- 
 tor in chancery. Office in Sincell Building, 
 Second street. 
 
 diversions cut out for them, but make their 
 pleasures to suit themselves. 
 
 ( Oakland is known best as a summer re- 
 sort, because it offers such a decided change 
 of climate from that of cities in hot weather 
 and because most people take their vacations 
 between June and September. Those who 
 have remained in the mountains later have 
 found the most enjoyable season between 
 Sept. 15, and Nov. 15. In the early fall 
 there are two or three cold days and nights, 
 then a period of mild, dry weather sets in. 
 The leaves on the trees have turned brilliant 
 colors, the roads and lanes are dry, walking 
 is easy, the bass in the rivers bite better, 
 and the shooting season begins. Owing to 
 its elevation Oakland air is dry, and the 
 same degree of cold is not felt so much as in 
 places near sea level. If Oakland were 
 close to a large city, it would be a winter, as 
 well as a summer resort. Persons looking 
 for a place in which to establish a residence 
 for six or nine months of the year, spending 
 the other months in cities or in travel, would 
 do well to investigate the claims of Oakland. 
 One can leave Oakland after an early break- 
 fast — or breakfast on dining car — and be in 
 Washington in time for lunch and Philadel- 
 phia or NewYork in time for dinner. Leaving 
 Oakland at night one can reach Cincinnati 
 or New York in time for breakfast the next 
 morning. Oakland is nearer to New York 
 than are Adirondack Mountain resorts. 
 
 Fred A. Thayer, attorney-at-law. Office 
 in McComas Building, Second street. 
 
 Barber Shops. 
 
 Liller Brothers, barber shop, Railroad 
 street, the finest in the city. Hot and cold 
 baths. Agents for Gem Steam Laundry. 
 
 Blacksmiths. 
 
 A. D. Naylor. Three story iron front 
 building on Liberty street. General black- 
 smithing, horse shoeing a specialty, all work 
 guaranteed. Also largest dealers in West- 
 ern Maryland in all kinds of vehicles and 
 farming implements. 
 
 Brown & Davis, located on Green street op- 
 posite City Rolling Mills, are prepared to do 
 a general blacksmith business. Repairing 
 of any description done promptly. Horse 
 shoeing a specialty. Horses with crooked 
 feet or abdicted to interfering, skillfully re- 
 lieved. 
 
OAKLAND 
 
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 In the Heart of the Alleghenies. 
 
OAKLAND 
 
 Books and Confectionery. 
 
 Flowers' cheap grocery and confectionery 
 is situated between Kail Road and Alder 
 street, in Ravenscraft Blo< k. 
 
 A. T. Matthews is a leading newsdealer 
 and bookseller. Also carries a full line of 
 Lowney's and other fine candies. Base ball 
 and sporting goods. The best of soda water 
 a specialty. 
 
 I. M. Stanton carries a fine line of Low- 
 ney's candy, sporting goods of all kinds, 
 periodicals, books, etc. The only place in 
 t«>wn to get Sunday papers. Next to Post- 
 Office. 
 
 Cemeteries. 
 
 Odd Fellows Cemetery is at the corner of 
 F'ourth and Central street, with carriage en- 
 hance from Fifth street on the south-east 
 side. This is the general cemetery. Ad- 
 joing this is the Roman Catholic Cemetery. 
 Interments are sometimes made in yard of the 
 Protestant Episcopal Church, next to Roman 
 ( atholic Cemetery, with the consent of the 
 Vestry. 
 
 Churches. 
 
 Garrett Memorial Presbyterian Church, 
 Second and Liberty streets, Rev. S. M. En- 
 gle, Pastor. 
 
 St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church, 
 Third and Alder streets, Rev. George I. 
 Uhler, Pastor. 
 
 St. Matthew's Protestant Episcopal Church, 
 Fourth street north of Alder street, Rev. Wm 
 H. Osmond, Pastor. 
 
 St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church, 
 ( >ak street between Third and Fourth streets, 
 Rev. k. I!. Ward, Pastor. 
 
 St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church, Oak 
 street between Fourth and Fifth streets, Rev. 
 Jas. E. Connell, Pastor. 
 
 Dentists. 
 
 Dr. R. F. Bartlett, dentist. Office in Mc- 
 ( !omas Building, Second street. 
 
 Dr. Townshend, dentist. Office and resi- 
 dence on Oak street west of Second street. 
 
 Dr. J. G. Robinson, dentist. Office and 
 residence on Liberty street, opposite railroad 
 station. 
 
 Drug Stores. 
 
 ( ) tkland Pharmacy, owned by Jos. E. 
 Harned, is well equipped, enterprising, and 
 up-to-date. The service is prompt, accur- 
 ate, efficient and obliging; prescription work 
 receives special attention. The soda water 
 is cold, sparkling and pleasing to the most 
 fastidious taste. Necessary supplies for lovers- 
 of the photographic art and books for amuse- 
 ment, culture and pastime, may be found 
 there. 
 
 Sturgiss' Pharmacy, located on Alder street 
 next to Post Office, was established in 1873, 
 and has been under the same competent and 
 careful management ever since. Persons 
 who have visited these Mountains for the 
 past twenty-seven years need no introduc- 
 tion to this old and well established house, 
 where can always be found everything kept 
 in an up-to-date pharmacy. The prescrip- 
 tion department of this house will be found 
 open at all hours of the day or night. Tele- 
 phone connections with all physicians. 
 
 Florists. 
 
 H. Weber & Sons, are proprietors of the 
 most extensive greenhouse establishment in 
 the State of Maryland and West Virginia, 
 their range of glass consisting of over sixty- 
 five thousand square feet. They have a 
 national reputation as producers of high 
 grade flowers. The many prizes which have 
 been awarded them at the various shows in 
 the principal cities of the United States, in 
 the shape of silver cups, gold, silver and 
 bronze medals, certificates of merit, cash 
 prizes, etc., attest to their skill as past-mas- 
 ters in their art. They make a specialty of 
 carnations, roses, chrysanthemums, and 
 violets, as well as other cut flowers and 
 potted plants, the importance ot each being 
 in the order named. Their carnations have 
 a world-wide reputation; of these they have 
 originated many fine new varieties, and 
 have in different stages of development, 
 thousands of new seedlings, some of them of 
 great promise. Their trade in plants ex- 
 tends all over the United States and 
 Canada, while shipments have been made 
 as far distant as Great Britain and Portugal. 
 In shipping cut flowers, distance is not 
 much of a barrier. Flowers are frequently 
 sent as far as Alabama, Georgia, Arkansas,. 
 Minnesota, Canada, etc. Being experts in 
 the business, enables them to accomplish 
 these ends with comparative ease. Their 
 
O A K ], A N I) 
 
OAK] AND 
 
 business dealings are always courteous and 
 prompt. The uniform excellence of their 
 goods has won them a large and increasing 
 patronage all over the country. All com- 
 munications promptly answered. Visitors 
 cordially received. Greenhouses and farms 
 situated midway between Oakland and Mi. 
 Lake l'ark. on main driveway. See sign 
 hoard. Address all communications to Oak- 
 land, Maryland. 
 
 Furniture. 
 
 1>. E. Holder), Main street opposite the 
 Stone Church, is always prepared to supply 
 the demands of the trade, in the line of 
 furniture, carpets, linoleum, rugs, oil cloths, 
 shades and curtains. His stock embraces 
 parlor, bedroom, kitchen and office furniture. 
 His varied assortment can be seen easier 
 than described. Repairing a specialty. Pic- 
 tures neatly framed, and on sale. Persons 
 desiring anything in his line, will do well to 
 e\ imine his stock before going elsewhere. 
 
 Garrett County Bank. 
 
 The Garrett County Bank of Oakland, 
 Maryland, Daniel E. Offutt, President, Gil- 
 mor S. Hamill, Vice-President, and Scott T. 
 Jones, cashier, commenced business Nov- 
 ember 14th, 1888. Its aim is to treat court- 
 eously and impartially all with whom it has 
 business relations, offering to them the best 
 facilities consistent with careful and conser- 
 vative banking. Its funds and securities are 
 protected by the celebrated Corliss Burglar 
 Proof Safe, which has been pronounced by 
 Government experts, to be "Both Burglar 
 Proof and Mob Proof." This bank solicits 
 the business of corporations and individuals, 
 and is prepared to furnish all such deposi- 
 tors business facilities in keeping with their 
 and financial standing. 
 
 General Stores. 
 
 Lewis Gortner, dealer in general mer- 
 chandise. Everything and anything you can 
 expect to find in a first class store. Corner 
 M 1 in and Oak street. 
 
 O. Hart & Son, general merchandise, 
 Alder street opposite Lutheran Church. 
 Specialties: dry goods, particularly fine dress 
 goods, ladies' and children's underwear, 
 laces and embroideries. 
 
 Thomas Little, corner < >ak and Third 
 street, keeps constantly on hand a full supply 
 of the best goods of family supplies. If you 
 will give him your custom you can feel as- 
 sured of being well treated. All goods 
 delivered free of charge. Telephone con- 
 nection. 
 
 John Felty, jr., dealer in dry goods, no- 
 tions, groceries, &c, flour and feed, whole- 
 sale and retail. All kinds of fancy and 
 staple groceries, fancy fruits, produce, and 
 everything you want to eat and wear. Sole 
 dealer in the high grade Drew-Selby shoes. 
 Alder street. 
 
 H. C. Sincell &' Co. Many customers 
 find that their stock of men's, women's and 
 children's clothing, shoes and furnishing 
 goods this season like all previous seasons will 
 surpass any line to be found on the Baltimore 
 & Ohio Railroad between Baltimore and 
 
 Cincinnati, "Queen Quality" shoes, high art 
 clothing for women and men, and the 
 best assortment of furnishing goods, are their 
 specialties. Opposite Garrett County Bank. 
 
 S. L. Townshend & Son, Alder street. 
 Dry goods, notions, groceries and country 
 "produce. This is a store where the people 
 can always find the best line of goods, and 
 be sure at the same time that they get 
 exactly what they buy. They keep their 
 store neat and well arranged considering the 
 innumerable articles on sale. Farmers 
 trade extensively here, and the best butter, 
 eggs and produce, are kept constantly on 
 hand. 
 
 1). E. Offutt & Sons, Main street. Not 
 only the largest store in western Maryland, 
 but a better store than can be found in cities 
 much bigger than Oakland. It would be 
 easier to enumerate the articles not sold than 
 to list those that are, so readers of this Guide 
 should go and see for themselves. Lady 
 shoppers will find at Offutt's conveniences 
 customary in large city stores only. Goods 
 delivered anywhere. Having for many 
 years supplied the wants of cottage owners 
 and summer visitors, 1). E. Offutt & Sons 
 carry in stock all the articles they are likely 
 to need. 
 
 Harness. 
 
 J. W. Leathers & Co., located on Main 
 street opposite the Bank. 1 )ealers in harness, 
 saddles, bridles and other kinds of horse 
 equipments. 
 
OAKLAND 
 
 Threshing, near Oakland. 
 
 Hotels. 
 
 Central Hotel, G. E. Boyer, proprietor, 
 The most central hotel in town. Rates 
 reasonable. 
 
 West's Hotel, located at Main street and 
 Railroad crossing. Good accommodations. 
 Stabling for horses, terms reasonable. Board 
 by the day, week or month. 
 
 The Browning Hotel, is situated on Main 
 street, two doors north of McComas Sani- 
 tarium. Boarding by the day, week or 
 month, at reasonable rates. It is fitted with 
 special arrangements for commercial travel- 
 ers, with ample sample rooms, first-class 
 table and culinary appointments. 
 
 The Oakland Hotel Sanitarium is a sum- 
 mer and winter health and pleasure resort 
 of the most desirable and highest type, af- 
 fording every comfort and convenience. 
 Capacity four hundred. Band in attendance 
 during the summer season. Rates reason- 
 able. 
 
 Commercial Hotel, Mrs. S. M. Miller, 
 proprietor, is conveniently located on Main 
 street near Stone Church. Fine sunny 
 rooms, excellent table, appointments first 
 
 class, electric lights. Sample rooms for 
 commercial travelers. Terms moderate. 
 Porter at all trains. 
 
 Glades Hotel. This famous hostlery which 
 has been closed for the past year, was op- 
 ened under new management April first. 
 The hotel has been put in excellent condition 
 and all modern improvements added, mak- 
 ing it one of the most desirable hotels on top 
 of the mountains. Large porches, plenty of 
 shade, lawn and reasonable rates. For further 
 particulars apply to John Cornelius, proprie- 
 tor, Oakland, Maryland. 
 
 Hotel Bosley is one of the first established 
 and most pleasantly located hotels in town. 
 It is on the main drive to Mt. Lake Park 
 and Deer Park, and commands a full view of 
 the picturesque scenery of the Backbone 
 Mountains. The house was built expressly 
 for summer visitors with every regard for 
 their comfort and entertainment. The house 
 is lighted with electric lights, and the front 
 of the hotel, which is about 125 feet long, is 
 ornamented with a double porch, where one 
 can enjoy the beautiful scenery and refresh- 
 ing breezes of the surrounding country. 
 For particulars address G. L. Bosley, Prop. 
 Oakland, Md. 
 
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 Houseware. 
 
 ('. . A. Shirer is the old reliable tinner 
 and stove dealer. Located on Oak street 
 near Bridge. Special attention is given to 
 aits for roofing and spouting. Any- 
 thing in the line of Stoves, tinware, plain 
 and ornamental, enameled, and granite 
 ware, can be pure based at prices that 
 throttle all competition. 
 
 I. M. I>avis & Son, dealers in general 
 hardware, farm machinery, tinware, paints, 
 oils, stoves, chinaware, &c. The senior 
 member of this firm is one of the oldest 
 merchants of the town, having been en- 
 gaged in the mercantile business since 1865. 
 Vbout fourteen years ago he changed, and 
 with his son Charles S. Davis, began the hard- 
 ware business, building a substantial store- 
 house for the purpose. They are carrying 
 as good a line of up-to date stock as can be 
 found in any town of its size, enabling them 
 to furnish contractors and builders at the 
 lowest market prices, competing with larger 
 towns. Main street. 
 
 Justices of the Peace. 
 
 A. B. Gonder. Office in Ravenscraft 
 Building. 
 
 I >r. E. II. Bartlett. Office in Corrigan 
 building. 
 
 Livery Stables. 
 
 M. Maroney & Son, livery men, will en- 
 deavor to please all parties desiring to take 
 a drive over the mountains, in the way of the 
 best turnouts in Western Maryland and 
 
 id reliable drivers who know all the roads 
 around the country. Special attention given 
 to the boarding of horses. Green street. 
 
 "The Old Reliable," sale, livery and feed 
 stables, established 1863. Nothing but 
 stylish horses and up-to-date vehicles turned 
 out. Horses boarded by the day, week, or 
 month. Telephone connections. Charles 
 Sweeney, liveryman, Second and Centre 
 streets. 
 
 Martin's livery and sale stable located 
 on Oak street opposite the Methodist Church, 
 is where you will find first-class and up to-date 
 turn outs at reasonable rates. They give 
 special rates to picnic and excursion parties, 
 Vehicles to hold from one to fifty. Safe 
 drivers. Telephone connections. 
 
 Machinists. 
 
 A. D. Naylor & Co., in the Naylor build- 
 ing on Liberty street. Steam and hot water 
 heating. Plumbing, tinning, spouting, roof- 
 in:;, pumps, steam and water fittings, etc. 
 They (airy a full line of electric bells, batter- 
 ies, zincs, etc.. engine oil, cylinder oil, 
 harness oil, signal oil, bicycle oil, etc., wood 
 heaters, stove pipe, elbows, sheet iron, tin 
 and galvanized conductors and spouting, 
 bicycle sundries and repairs. Lathe work. 
 All kinds of repairing done. 
 
 Meat Markets. 
 
 browning brothers, located on Main street 
 at Railroad crossing, are prepared at all times 
 to supply the public with Chicago and home 
 dressed meats. Mutton, pork, mountain 
 lamb and veal. Fish in season. 
 
 Nelson's meat market, Alder street op- 
 posite Post Office, is thoroughly equipped 
 with cold storage, and can supply customers 
 with the choicest meats of all kinds that can 
 be procured. Chicago and home dressed 
 beef, smoked meats, sausage, etc., pork, beef, 
 veal, mountain mutton and lamb of the best 
 quality, always on hand. Prompt and free 
 delivery. 
 
 Milliners. 
 
 Mrs. M. I,. Scott, at the old reliable 
 baltimore store, keeps on hand a full line of 
 millinery and fancy notions, ladies' and 
 children's shoes. Always ready to show 
 goods and quote prices. 
 
 Connell & ( 'rane are the leading mil- 
 liners, two doors south of Offutt's. First-class 
 work, done by first-class milliners from the 
 city, with best quality of materials, and 
 lowest prices, are bound to please. Full 
 line ladies' and children's underwear, fine 
 hosiery, and complete line of notions. Special 
 attention given also to fancy work in stamped 
 linens, Battenberg, silks, &c. Lessons given 
 in embroidery. Prompt attention given 
 mail orders. 
 
 Newspapers. 
 
 Garrett Journal, James 1). Hamill, pub- 
 lisher. Independent. Office on Alder street 
 near Third, in Townshend Building. 
 
 Mountain Democrat, J. M. Litzinger, pub- 
 lisher. Democratic. Office on Second street, 
 in I 'emocrat Building. 
 
O A K L A N 1 ) . 
 
OAKLAND. 
 
 F;ini) <ni the Mountain Top. 
 
 Oakland Republican, Benj. H. Sincell, pub- 
 lisher. Republican. Office on Second street, 
 in Sincell Building. 
 
 These papers are published every Thurs- 
 day. Copies may be bought at offices of pub- 
 lication or of newsdealers. Visitors will find 
 it profitable to purchase copies of these papers 
 weekly, as they tell what is going on or about 
 to occur in Oakland and vicinity. 
 
 Notaries Public. 
 
 G. A. Fraley. Office in the Garrett 
 County Bank. 
 
 Ceo. F. Loughridge. Office on Third 
 street, between Alder and Oak streets. 
 
 Oakland Club. 
 
 Oakland Club, second floor of Fringer 
 building on Second street opposite Garrett 
 I ounty Dank. This is a social organization, 
 but the members aim to make the town a 
 pleasant and profitable place of residence. 
 There are special committees on Amusements, 
 Charities, Conventions, ('ounty Fair, Fish 
 and Game, Improvements, Industries, Insti- 
 tutions, Law and Order, Library, Press, and 
 Visitors. The (Huh rooms include a Cloak 
 room, Library, Reading and Writing room, 
 Recreation hall, Wash room, etc. They are 
 
 open to members only from one o'clock to 
 eleven o'clock every afternoon and night, but 
 non-residents may be introduced for a period 
 of two weeks by members. 
 
 Physicians and Surgeons. 
 
 Dr. M. C. Hinebaugh, physician and 
 surgeon. Office and residence at Third and 
 Alder streets. 
 
 Dr. John E. Legge, physician and sur- 
 geon. Office at McComas Sanitarium, 
 Second street. 
 
 Dr. Henry W. McComas, physician and 
 surgeon. Office at McComas Sanitarium, 
 Second street. 
 
 Dr. J. Lee McComas, physician and sur- 
 geon. Office and residence on Liberty street. 
 
 Dr. W. H. Ravenscraft, physician and sur- 
 geon. Office in Shartzer Block; residence, 
 North Third street. 
 
 Photographers. 
 
 Pritchard's Gallery on Third street, is 
 doing good work in the photograph line. Can 
 save you fifty per cent, on enlarging work. 
 Fine line of frames in stock. 
 
 Grant & Co. , landscape, architectural, and 
 portrait photographers, located in Opera 
 
OAKLAND 
 
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 House. Also photographers Industrial De- 
 partment of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. 
 Estimates on commercial work promptly 
 furnished. Correspondence solicited. Pro- 
 fessional and amateur supplies, wholesale 
 prices. Over five thousand scenic negatives 
 to select from, including West Virginia oil 
 fields, lumber and mining industries, etc. 
 
 Public Buildings. 
 
 Garrett County Court House is the red 
 brick building on East Hill overlooking the 
 town. Court is held several times a year. 
 County Clerk's office is open daily. Sheriff 
 of Garrett County lives in brick jail building 
 in rear of Court House. 
 
 Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Station build- 
 ing is one of the most attractive appearing 
 and modern on the line. In it are United 
 States Express and Western Union Telegraph 
 offices. The agent and his assistants will be 
 found by visitors to be courteous and obliging. 
 
 Post- Office is on Alder street, between 
 Second and Third streets. It is a money 
 order office. Open daily from 7 a. m. to 
 7 : 30 p. m. ; open Sundays, from 7 to 8 a. 
 m., and from 6 to 7 p. m., for delivery of 
 mail only. Letters can be posted at any 
 hour, day or night 
 
 Oakland School house is the commodious 
 brick building on corner of Central and 
 Wilson streets. The school sessions extend 
 from October to April and are attended by 
 more than three hundred children. Normal 
 school usually is in session from April until 
 July, and Teachers' Institute, in the Fall. 
 Oakland is an ideal location for boarding 
 schools for both boys and girls. 
 
 Public Halls. 
 
 Little's Hall, corner of Oak and Third 
 streets, over Little's General Store. 
 
 Naylor's Hall, on Railroad street, over Lil- 
 ler's Barber Shop. 
 
 Opera House Auditorium, Opera House 
 Block, Second street. 
 
 Sturgiss Hall, Alder street, above Sturgiss' 
 Drug Store. 
 
 Real Estate. 
 
 For rent, house 6 rooms, hall, furnished, 
 large porch, yard, good water, steam heat, 
 good location. Address Lock Box 2. 
 
 Norval Speelman, attorney-at law, and 
 solicitor in chancery. Gives prompt atten- 
 tion to collection of claims, conveyancing 
 and investigation of land titles, real estate a 
 specialty. Opera House Block. 
 
 Fair Oaks, the beautiful summer home of 
 Mrs. Mary W. Browne, lying in the eastern 
 suburbs of Oakland, containing five acres cf 
 beautiful lawns and grove, one eleven room 
 cottage and one eight-room cottage, both 
 furnished, are for sale or rent on reasonable 
 terms For further particulars apply to Jas. 
 D. Hamill, agent, Oakland, Maryland. 
 
 John T. Sincell, Opera House Block, 
 says: — "Give your money a chance. It 
 takes money to make money, they say. 
 Are the dollars you pay out for rent each 
 month making anything for you? No of 
 course not. Then why not stop paying 
 rent? Buy a home. A big list of desirable 
 properties. At prices you can afford to pay, 
 many on reasonable terms. Fire insurance, 
 good companies, low rates." 
 
 On the Road from Oakland to Deer Park 
 
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 OAK! AND 
 
 \V. .\. Daily, attorney .it law, located on 
 Alder street near Main, is headquarters for 
 real estate, fire and life insurance. Farms 
 ranging from twenty a< res to five bundled. 
 Tracts of unimproved lands up to five hun- 
 dred acres. List of properties too extensive 
 to itemize, but tbere are some special bar- 
 gains to which attention is invited. A 
 beautiful villa, ••< >ak I [all," twenty six rooms, 
 surrounded by ten acres of lawn and wood- 
 land, between Oakland and Mt. Lake Lark. 
 Suitable for either a Hotel or Sanitarium. 
 Lrice $5,500. Terms easy. A good Hotel 
 property in ( Oakland, central location ami in 
 successful operation. It is an excellent pay- 
 ing investment at $5,500. Also desirable 
 residences in Mt. Lake Park and Oakland, 
 building lots, and suburban farms. Any 
 
 one desiring to rent, purchase or sell dwell- 
 ing, business stands, hotels, farms, unim- 
 proved lands, mineral, timber or coal, will 
 receive prompt and satisfactory attention. 
 
 Restaurants. 
 
 W. G. Hinebaugh's, located on Rail 
 Road street, is a place to appease the hungry 
 man. Meals furnished, and lunches always 
 on hand. He also keeps a fine line of con- 
 fectioneries, fruits, tobacco and cigars. 
 
 Among the solid comforts is the eating 
 house of John D. Taggert, located on 
 Alder street opposite the Lost Office, where 
 the hungry may satisfy their appetites in 
 whatever menu their fancy selects, from a five 
 cent lunch to a twenty five cent square meal. 
 
 Walks. 
 
 The charm of the walks about Oakland is 
 their naturalness. Pedestrians should wear 
 outing suits and thick soled shoes. Ladies 
 will find staves fashioned like alpenstocks 
 out of branches or saplings helpful. Field 
 glasses add much to the pleasure of looking 
 at distant objects and should be carried. 
 As there are springs everywhere in these 
 mountains, drinking cups will not be amiss. 
 The walks, drives and excursions men- 
 tioned herein are those best known; there 
 are many others that visitors will find for 
 themselves as they become well acquainted 
 with the neighborhood. Many of the walks, 
 if taken in reverse order, will seem like dif- 
 ferent ones, and what is true of them is true 
 of the drives and excursions also. They all 
 can be taken several times and each trip 
 will disclose new beauties. When on private 
 property care should be taken to shut gates, 
 to avoid injury to growing crops, and not to 
 do anything that would justify owners in 
 < losing their premises to future visitors. 
 
 No. 1 -Crook Crest. — From railroad station 
 walk up Wilson street past the school house 
 to its end at Pennington street; turn to the 
 left and walk to Bartlett street, about four 
 hundred feet; turn to right and walk up 
 Bartlett street, a steep hill, to its end, about 
 eight hundred feet. To the north east can 
 be seen through the trees the roofs of Gen. 
 Williams' house and barn and the water 
 tower of Truesdell's Heights, about six miles 
 distant. Deer Park lies between, but is 
 behind an intervening hill. The ridge along 
 the eastern horizon is the big Backbone 
 Mountain range. The buildings among the 
 
 trees about two miles away to the east are 
 in Mountain Lake Park and Loch Lynn. 
 To the right and on top of the highest ridge 
 of the Backbone Mountain is an observatory 
 at Table Rock, distance about eight miles. 
 It can be seen with the naked eye some- 
 times, but always with a glass. To the 
 right, but only two miles away, the house at 
 Monte Vista stands out against the sky. To 
 the right and nearly twice as far away, is a 
 school house, on the old West Union road. 
 '1 'he hill behind the Oakland Hotel is known 
 as Totten's Hill and the larger one to the 
 right, as Lloyd's Hill. The range which 
 skirts the north-western horizon is named 
 Cranberry Mountain. It is in West Virginia. 
 The town of Oakland is spread out at the ob- 
 server's feet. Three fourths of a mile. 
 
 No. 2 — Iron Spring. — Starting from rail- 
 road station walk north to school house, 
 thence take road to left and proceed along 
 this road which takes a sharp turn to right a 
 quarter of a mile from school house and 
 runs north along a ridge overlooking the 
 valley of the little Vough River. Continue 
 along this road, known variously as the Elk 
 Shoals, Stone Cow and Sang Run road, for 
 about quarter of a mile, until the brow of a 
 steep hill is reached, where to the right a 
 spring issues and a grassy road winds into 
 the wood. Follow this latter road, which 
 turns to the right always, past two stone 
 cairns until the trunk of a tree blocks the 
 way ; to the right, down a path, twenty feet 
 away, is the Iron Spring. Visitors should 
 carry a cup. Two miles. 
 
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 Upper Falls of Deep Creek. 
 
 No. 3 — Bishop's Hill.— Return to fallen tree 
 mentioned above, pass under it, and climb 
 fence a hundred feet beyond. Walk straight 
 up the hill to its brow, whence a magnifi- 
 cent view can be obtained. The road 
 which stretches to the left and disappears in 
 the woods, is called the Hoop-pole Road, 
 after the ridge on which the observer is 
 standing. On the opposite horizon is the 
 big Backbone Mountain. In the foreground 
 are cottages of residents and summer visi- 
 tors. To the extreme right the edge of 
 Oakland can be seen. Descend the hill and 
 return to town by Hoop-pole Road. Two 
 and one-half miles. 
 
 No. 4— Coddington's Riffles. — Follow route 
 of walk No. 2, but do not turn into wood. 
 Descend hill and continue along road for 
 about quarter of a mile until a clearing, in 
 which are a log house and barn in a hollow 
 on the right, is reached. Enter the wood 
 to the left and find a narrow foot-path run- 
 ning down hill at right-angle to road. 
 Follow this rather steep path down to the 
 big Yough River. The scene is one of un- 
 usual beauty. Great rocks rise out of the 
 river and between them the water rushes 
 noisily and rapidly. To the right the 
 
 stream broadens into a quiet pool and rocky 
 cliffs rise abruptly. To the left tall pines- 
 cast their shadows over the still waters. 
 Morning is the better time to visit Codding- 
 ton's Riffles. Two miles, one way. 
 
 No. 5 — Bucksboncs.— Climb the hill from 
 Coddington's Riffles, but, before emerging 
 from among the huge trees, take the grassy- 
 road to the right. Follow this, always tak- 
 ing the openings to the left and not 10 the 
 right. When the brow of the hill is reached, 
 glimpses of big Backbone Mountain, Moun- 
 tain Lake Bark, Loch Lynn and Oakland may 
 be had through the trees. The grassy road 
 leads to a county road. When latter is 
 reached, turn to left, and follow it to town. 
 Two miles, one way. 
 
 No. 6— Hall's Hill.— Follow walk No. 2 
 and No. 4, but turn neither to right or left 
 until about a quarter of a mile beyond the 
 clearing, house and barn opposite path to- 
 Coddington's Riffles. Take wood road to 
 the right and mount the hill, passing through 
 much burnt timber and keeping to the lanes 
 which turn to right. This road is more 
 than a half mile long. Climb the fence and 
 walk to top of cultivated field, avoiding in- 
 jury to growing crops. Here is had one of 
 
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 the grandest views near Oakland. Return 
 by same route. Four miles. 
 
 No. 7- — The Quarry. — Take road running 
 north-west from railroad station, past the 
 electric light plant, and follow it for a mile, 
 alongside the railroad and where it turns to 
 the right into the woods, until it finally 
 descends a steep hill down to the big Yough 
 River. From the bridge, the views up and 
 down the stream, are lovely. Cross the 
 bridge and enter a gate at left. Follow this 
 for a quarter of a mile, hearing and seeing 
 the river through the fringe of trees, moun- 
 tain laurel and rocks, until the railroad 
 tracks are reached. Follow the tracks back 
 to town. This part of the walk is not safe 
 for children and elderly people, as trains 
 run every few minutes. They can return 
 as they came. Three miles. 
 
 No. 8 — Lloyd's Hill. — Start from railroad 
 station and enter hotel grounds, crossing the 
 bridge over the little Yough River. Follow 
 the path to the right to the spring house, a 
 quarter of a mile away. This spring is 
 called the Washington, as it never has been 
 successfully denied that Gen. George Wash- 
 ington did not drink of this spring when 
 surveying land in Western Maryland. ( 'ross 
 the stile, the road, and the base-ball grounds. 
 To the left a path will be found. Follow it 
 over a brook, and where two paths diverge; 
 take the one to the right. Follow it up the 
 hill and along the ridge. This path is well- 
 defined and almost wide enough for a wagon. 
 It leads straight to a fence, where can be 
 had a view of the railroad winding 
 
 alongside the little Yough, the bridge over 
 the big Yough, and the mountains beyond. 
 After resting here a few minutes, retrace 
 steps for about a thousand feet or until a 
 narrow path joins the main path on the 
 right. Follow this path up the mountain, past 
 the mass of huge stones and rocks at the top 
 and down the other side, for a mile. This 
 path leads to the big Yough River. Return 
 to Oakland by same route, or cross the river 
 and return by railroad tracks. Five miles. 
 No. 9 — Tottcn's Hill. — Start from railroad 
 station and proceed to Washington Spring, 
 through hotel grounds; cross stile and take 
 road to left for about a thousand feet until a 
 grassy road leading into wood on left is 
 reached. Follow this road as it winds up 
 the hill for about half a mile. Cross fence 
 into a pasture and follow narrow foot path to 
 clump of trees on top of hill opposite. 
 From this point the reverse view to that 
 from Crook Crest can be had. The town 
 of Oakland is below. To the north-east the 
 Hoop-pole and Deer Park roads wind. 
 Truesdell's Heights, King Hill and big 
 Backbone Mountain are clearly defined. 
 Mountain Lake Park and Loch Lynn are 
 conspicuous. Monte Yista is close at hand. 
 Return by foot path to where fence was 
 crossed, but keep to right and follow foot 
 path down to bottom of hill, or until a stile 
 is reached, on the left. Cross this and 
 follow a broad, well-made path for a quarter 
 of a mile, from which glimpses of the little 
 Yough River may be had through the trees, 
 several hundred feet below, until a gate is 
 
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 reached, which opens into hotel grounds. 
 A path leads down the lull to roadway and 
 
 thence to railroad station. Two mile-. 
 
 No. 10— Mountain Lake Park.— Start from 
 railroad station and leave town at its south- 
 eastern extremity or at end of ( >ak street. 
 passing hank, post-office, Lutheran Church. 
 Methodist Church and the Bosley House. 
 A walk of a mile from limits of Oakland 
 will bring one to limits of Mountain Lake 
 Lark. There are eight hundred acres in 
 the park. It contains cottages, hotels and 
 an auditorium capable of holding five thous- 
 and people. There are a lake, on which 
 row boats may be hired, and base-ball 
 grounds. During August entertainments 
 patterned after those at Chautauqua on the 
 lake of that name in Western New York, 
 
 are given, morning, afternoon and night. 
 I och Lynn, a summer resort, is across the 
 railroad back from Mountain Lake Lark. 
 Two miles. 
 
 No. II — Monte Vista. — Start from railroad 
 station and walk to long bridge over little 
 Ybugh River on south side of town, going 
 past the bank, post-office, Lutheran Church 
 and crossing over railroad bridge on Third 
 street. Follow the road for nearly a mile, 
 or until it forks. Take the road to the left 
 and half a mile further on the gate to Monte 
 Vista will be found. These are private 
 grounds, but well-behaved visitors are wel- 
 come to enjoy the view from in front of the 
 house. The magnificence of the view will 
 repay the pedestrian. Return to town by 
 same road. Three miles. 
 
 Drives. 
 
 The drives about Oakland are numerous. 
 One should visit the stables personally and 
 select carriage, horses and driver. As it is 
 presumed that visitors will take their first 
 drives in hired vehicles, the routes are not 
 described as fully as are the walks, because 
 the drivers are familiar with the former. As 
 a rule drives should be so ordered that they 
 be away from the direction of the sun. 
 Morning drives should be towards the West 
 instead of towards the East. When the sun is 
 in one's eyes the scenery can not be enjoyed. 
 The views on all these drives are different. 
 
 No. I — King Hill. — Hoop-pole road to foot 
 of King Hill. 'Lake road to right that joins 
 Deer Lark road at Broad Ford. Return to 
 town by Deer Park road and Second street. 
 Seven miles. 
 
 No. 2 — Tram Road. — Hoop-pole road to 
 road alongside of which are remains of ex- 
 Senator Davis' timber car tracks. Follow 
 this to junction with road passing the 
 Anchorage or Perry farm, and return to 
 Oakland by Deer Lark road and Second 
 street. Fifteen miles. 
 
 No. 3 — Deer Park. — Leave town by Second 
 street. F.nter hotel grounds at gate. Fash- 
 ionable hotel and many handsome cottages. 
 Leaving hotel grounds at far side, turn to 
 left, take road in rear of hotel grounds, 
 return to Oakland by Deer Park road, Mt. 
 Lake Park and Oak street. Ten miles. 
 
 No. 4 — Boiling Spring. — Leave town by 
 
 Oak street, pass through Mi. Lake Lark and 
 
 Lynn, and take the mountain road to 
 
 the left to Deer Lark, but go to boiling 
 
 Spring by the second road to the right. 
 
 Return through village of Deer Park, hotel 
 grounds, and by Deer Park road and 
 Second street. Fourteen miles. 
 
 No. 5 — Truesdell's Heights. — Leave town by 
 Second street and Deer Park road. Follow 
 road to rear of Deer Park Hotel and Gen. 
 Williams' grounds. Turn to right after pass- 
 ing latter and go to gate on the Altamont 
 side. Drive slowly through the estate. 
 These are private grounds and must be re- 
 spected as such. Depart by gate nearest 
 Deer Park. Return through village of Deer 
 Park, by road in rear of hotel grounds, Deer 
 Park road and Second street. Fifteen 
 miles. 
 
 No. 6— Ryan's. — Leave town by Oak 
 street, pass through Mt. Lake Park and Loch 
 Lynn, and take road to right, known as 
 Gorman road. Follow it for two miles, or un- 
 til a road turns off abruptly to the right and 
 runs down hill. This road winds down the 
 mountain and across the Glades, and joins 
 the road on western boundry of Mt. Lake 
 Park. Return by Mt. Lake Park road and 
 Oak street. Twelve miles. 
 
 No. 7— The Glades. — Leave town by Oak 
 street, pass through Mt. Lake Park and 
 Loch Lynn. Turn to right and follow road 
 until it joins West Union road at log house 
 beyond Monte Vista. Return by West 
 Union road and Third street. Five miles. 
 
 No. 8— Old School House. — Leave town by 
 Third street and West Union road. Follow 
 latter three miles and take road to right 
 to Old West Union road. Return by latter, 
 stopping at Old School House on brow 
 of hill for view, to junction with West 
 
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 Between Altamunt and Piedmont. 
 
 Union road. Follow latter and enter town 
 by Third street. Seven miles. 
 
 No. 9— The River. — Leave town by Third 
 street. Follow West Union and Old West 
 Union roads, past the Old School House 
 and down long hill to big Yough River. 
 Return to brow of hill, take road to right 
 and follow it to where it joins West Union 
 road at school house about a mile beyond 
 Gortner's. Return to town by West Union 
 road and Third street. Twelve miles. 
 
 No. 10 — Browning's. — Leave town by Lib- 
 erty street and cross railroad at base-ball 
 grounds. Follow road past Stephen Brown- 
 ing's to left and until it joins Old West 
 Union road. Return to town by latter and 
 Third street. Nine miles. 
 
 No. II — Hutton's. — Leave town by Liberty 
 street, pass Shafer's farm, cross the big 
 Yough River and take Terra Alta road to 
 left. At top of hill look at Oakland to left. 
 
 Continue on to Hutton's, and return by same 
 route. Ten miles. 
 
 No. 12 — Eagle Rock. — Leave town by Sec- 
 ond street and Deer Park road. Drive 
 through Deer Park Hotel grounds, village 
 of Deer Park, and take road to Boiling 
 Spring to point were carriage must be left. 
 A short walk leads to crest of big Backbone 
 Mountain, but the ascent is too difficult 
 for delicate or elderly persons. Fagle Rock 
 is a great cube poised upon the mass of 
 rock forming the summit of the mountain. 
 Its top can be reached by a ladder and 
 from it mountains in Maryland, Pennsylvania 
 and West Virginia can be discerned. The 
 peculiar location of Eagle Rock and the 
 magnificent view afforded by it, make 
 this drive one of the most popular. Take 
 road to left, instead of going to Deer 
 Park, and return by way of Loch Lynn, Mt. 
 Lake Park and Oak street. Sixteen miles. 
 
 Excursions. 
 
 The drives described above can all be 
 taken in half a day. The excursions, to be 
 thoroughly and comfortably enjoyed, re- 
 quire a part of both morning and afternoon. 
 
 No. I — Allegheny Heights. — Leave town by 
 Oak street, cross railroad track west of Mt. 
 Lake Park, follow the road through the 
 Glades and out to the Henry Beckman farm, 
 
 about an hour's drive. The rest of the trip 
 to top of the mountain must be made on 
 foot. This walk is rough, stony and steep, 
 requiring at least an hour for the ascent, 
 hence delicate and elderly persons should 
 not attempt it. The view is of the valleys 
 on both sides of big Backbone Mountain. 
 Two hours are required for the ascent and 
 
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 descent. Arrange for dinner at the farm 
 house before making the ascent. During the 
 long days of summer, this excursion is 
 begun in the afternoon, supper taken at 
 the farm house, and the return drive made 
 in the twilight or moonlight. Eight miles. 
 
 No. 2 — Table Rock. — Leave town by Third 
 street and West Union road. Take road to 
 left at Gortner's and drive to junction of 
 old National road. A few rods to the right 
 is Table Rock. Parties usually bring lunch 
 and eat it on the Rock. There is a spring 
 nearby. In the neighborhood is an observa- 
 tory, and a farm house where a hot meal 
 can be had. The view from the observa- 
 tory is extensive. After lunch or dinner, 
 continue the drive down the National road 
 to settlement called Red House. Return 
 by West Union road and Third street. 
 Twenty miles. 
 
 No. 3— Aurora. — Leave town by Third 
 street and West Union road. At stone 
 marking boundary between Maryland and 
 West Virginia, take road to Eglon, a 
 hamlet and also resort for summer visitors. 
 Beyond Eglon take road to right, joining 
 Aurora road west of Brookside. There are 
 two good hotels at Aurora, where dinner 
 may be had. Return by way of Brookside, 
 also a summer resort, and join West Union 
 road at boundary stone. The drive requires 
 
 three hours each way, and the horses should 
 have at least three hours rest at Aurora. 
 Twenty-eight miles. 
 
 No. 4 — Cheat River. — Leave town in the 
 afternoon and drive to Aurora by old West 
 Union road, crossing the Big Yough River 
 about five miles west of Oakland and pass- 
 ing through the hamlet, Carmel. Spend 
 the night at Aurora and in the morning 
 drive down to Cheat River, seven miles 
 each way. Return to Oakland by way 
 of Brookside in the afternoon. Forty-two 
 miles. 
 
 No. 5— Crellin. — Leave town by Liberty 
 street and cross railroad track at base-ball 
 grounds. Follow the direct road to Crellin 
 to right of Stephen Browning farm. Crellin 
 is a lumber plant belonging to the Preston 
 Lumber Company and permission to visit 
 the mills, logging camp, etc., should be 
 asked at office of the Company in Oakland. 
 Lunch should be carried, but it can be 
 obtained in a private house at Crellin. 
 Fourteen miles. 
 
 No. 6 — Swallow Falls. — Leave town by 
 Liberty street, pass the Shafer farm, cross 
 the big Yough River and follow the road to 
 Swallow Falls. This excursion to the cele- 
 brated falls of the Youghiogheny River is 
 one of the most popular. Lunch should 
 be carried. Sixteen miles. 
 
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 No. 7 — Fort Pendleton. — Leave town by 
 Third street and West Union Road, turning 
 towards big Ba< kbone Mountain at Gortner's. 
 A drive of about fourteen miles will end at site 
 of old fort and residence on North Branch of 
 Potomac River. This is a favorable picnic 
 ground. Four miles south of Fort Pendleton 
 is Mt. Savage, from the summit of which 
 may be obtained a view hard to equal on the 
 American continent. Twenty-eight miles. 
 
 No. 8 - Davis. — Leave town by Oak street 
 and drive through Mountain Lake Park and 
 Loch Lynn. Turn to left and follow road to 
 Gorman, twelve miles. Take train on West 
 Virginia Central Railroad to Davis. Get 
 dinner at Davis. Return by train to Gor- 
 man in the afternoon and drive back to 
 Oakland. The scenery on line of above 
 railroad is wild and magnificent. 
 
 No. 9 — Grafton. — Take accommodation 
 train on Baltimore & Ohio Railroad in the 
 morning, having purchased round trip tickets. 
 The train soon reaches Terra Alta, top of the 
 grade on the West, and rapidly descends to 
 the Cheat River, which it crosses several 
 times. Several tunnels are passed through, 
 one being more than a mile long. There are 
 no grander views on the line of this railroad, 
 remarkable for picturesque scenery, than be- 
 tween Oakland and Grafton. The distance 
 is about fifty miles and the trip is made 
 in two hours. Grafton is a railroad town. 
 Dinner can be had. There are an accom- 
 modation and express train East in the after- 
 noon, on which the return trip can be made. 
 
 No. 10— Cumberland. — Take accommoda- 
 tion train on Baltimore & Ohio Railroad in 
 the morning, going East, having purchased 
 round trip tickets. The train passes through 
 the (Hades, between Mt. Lake Park and 
 Loch Lynn, in front of Deer Park Hotel 
 and beneath Truesdell's Heights, to Alta- 
 mont, ten miles away and top of the cele- 
 brated "Seventeen Mile" grade. The road 
 winds down the mountain abruptly, the 
 grade being 125 feet to the mile, to Pied- 
 mont, about twenty-five miles from Oak- 
 land. The river seen from the grade is the 
 Savage River. At Piedmont the Potomac 
 River appears and the road follows it to 
 Cumberland, about twenty-five miles distant. 
 
 Beautiful farms are in the river bottom, on 
 both sides of the railroad. The time occu- 
 pied on trip is about two hours. Dinner can 
 be had at hotel. After dinner the trolley 
 cars should be taken and the residential part 
 of Cumberland visited. It is an old and 
 substantially built city of 16,000 inhabitants, 
 containing striking public edifices, large 
 churches and beautiful private houses. Re- 
 turn to Oakland by either accommodation 
 or express train in the afternoon. 
 
 In summer, when the moon is full or 
 nearly so, leave Oakland on accomodation 
 or express train in afternoon, for Cumber- 
 land. Get supper at hotel. Take express 
 train at eight o'clock for Oakland, arriving 
 at destination at ten o'clock. This train 
 usually has an observation car at rear. The 
 ride by moonlight from Cumberland to Oak- 
 land, especially up the steep grade, is one 
 never to be forgotten. 
 
 Fishing and Shooting. 
 
 The fish and game abounding in the 
 waters and woods of Maryland — in Chesa- 
 peake Bay, the Susquehanna River, and the 
 mountains — are well protected by the laws. 
 Fish commissioners, who are state officers, at- 
 tend to stocking of streams. As a result 
 trout are plentiful in the spring and early 
 summer in the small streams about Oakland, 
 while bass and other fish bite well till early 
 fall. The shooting season opens about 
 November 1, and in recent seasons rabbits, 
 squirrels, woodcock, pheasants and wild 
 turkeys have been plentiful. Duck and 
 geese sometimes are encountered, but are 
 rare. Bear and deer have practically disap- 
 peared, though several are shot every winter 
 by local sportsmen. Visitors who wish to 
 fish or shoot had better make the acquaint- 
 ance of some resident angler or nimrod, 
 who will be pleased to make an excursion to 
 the fishing holes in the Big Yough River, to 
 Herrington, Miller's Run, Sang Run, Deep 
 Creek, Lake Brown, Lake Cleveland, Tom 
 Browning's Lake, Snowy Creek, Cherry 
 Creek, the Savage River, the Cheat River, 
 the Blackwater and th'e Potomac, to Meadow 
 Mountain and to other places where fish and 
 game are found. 
 
 The Glades, between Oakland and DeerJPark. 
 
VISITORS to Oakland, in search 
 of information not necessarily 
 contained in a Guide, are invited to 
 consult with any of the business or 
 professional men of the town, from 
 whom they will receive courteous 
 attention. Or if they prefer to write, 
 they may address Secretary, Oakland 
 Club, Oakland, Md., and their com- 
 munications will be referred to proper 
 committees for action. Suggestions 
 for improvement of Oakland as a 
 Summer resort or place of residence 
 are invited. 
 
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