Header image for for Allegany County index. This photo from the 1897 book "Artwork of Allegany County Maryland" shows the valley that leads up to Will’s Cove.

Miscellaneous Allegany County, Maryland History Materials

This is an index to miscellaneous materials on this website that relate to the history of Allegany County, Maryland, which adjoins Somerset County, Pennsylvania. Hit the refresh button on this and other pages to see the latest updates!

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  • Mayhem on the Potomac: Evidence of early settlement in the environs of Cumberland

  • Photo tour of the Turkey Foot Road, which ran northwest from Fort Cumberland

  • The Turkey Foot Road video (1 hour, 48 minutes)

  • The Mystery Road (1,192 KB pdf)

  • Barrelville, Maryland

  • 1845 Cumberland Hose Company building, Cumberland, Maryland

  • Second Regiment, Potomac Home Brigade, Allegany County, Maryland

  • Porter/Huff Cemetery, Allegany County, MD

  • 1793 Allegany County hundreds lists (219,411 KB)

  • Death Rock, and the railroad cut behind it

  • 1860 Narrows Viaduct, Cumberland MD

  • Railroad-related photos from Cumberland MD

  • Archibald Arnold's will listed in Durbin's neglect patent

  • The site of the former Maryland Wood Fiber Plaster and Supply Company

  • Index to maps of Allegany County, MD and nearby Somerset County, PA

  • "Devil's Backbone", Corriganville, MD

  • "Indian Will's" Cove

  • A photo showing Cumberland and the Narrows

  • 1810 census, Alleghany Co. District 4, including Arnold's settlement

  • William Logsdon's 1806 "Williams Good Luck" tract

  • The mining town of Pamosa, Maryland

  • A study of the Water Works tract near Barrellville

  • Photo of the Braddock Coal Company building from Paul Lohr.

  • Volume II of the 1966 book "Early Allegany County Records, 1788-1812"

  • Christopher Gist's manuscript map of Braddock's expedition

  • Things you were not taught about Fort Cumberland YouTube video (1 hour 9 minutes).

  • Click here to see my FaceBook page about the "Fort Cumberland" book.

  • George Washington's headquarters at Cumberland, Maryland

  • Robert L. Bantz's recommended western Maryland French & Indian War reading list

  • William H. Lowdermilk biographical material

  • National Road toll house

  • Reconsidering Braddock's Road to Martin's

  • Addenda to the book "Reconsidering Braddock's Road to Martin's"

  • Identifying a portion of the Turkey Foot Road across Level Ridge

  • An Evidence-Based Look at Nemacolin (1,073 KB pdf)

  • Early Korns property ownership in Allegany County, Maryland

  • Corriganville grade school, 1950

  • Settlement of the Wills Creek area

  • 1876: The Daily News Directory of the City of Cumberland (59,106 KB pdf)

  • Commercial activity at Wills Creek before the founding of Cumberland

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