Category Archives: garrett county historical society

GCHS To Host Fall Fundraising Dinner Oct. 28

Posted on October 18, 2011 by ilovedeepcreeklakerealestate

‘Like’ on Facebook! Support the Republican Newspaper! It’s only $9.95/year for the online edition! Oct. 13, 2011 The Garrett County Historical Society will host a fundraising dinner on Friday, Oct. 28, at the Pleasant Valley Community Center, beginning at 6:30 … Continue reading →

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Transportation Museum of the Garrett County Historical Society was officially opened

Posted on October 1, 2011 by ilovedeepcreeklakerealestate

‘Like’ on Facebook! Support the Republican Newspaper! It’s only $9.95/year for the online edition! The new Transportation Museum of the Garrett County Historical Society was officially opened and dedicated during a special ceremony held Saturday afternoon. Among the honored guests … Continue reading →

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Real Flying Scot

Posted on September 12, 2010 by ilovedeepcreeklakerealestate

Cumberland Times-News Sat Sep 11, 2010, 07:57 AM EDT — Workers from Beitzel Corp. use a crane to lift a 1957 Flying Scot sailboat into the second floor of the new Oakland transportation museum Wednesday. The sailboat, the first manufactured … Continue reading →

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Looking Back: Embarrassed wife has Oakland’s first doctor executed

Posted on August 2, 2010 by admin

Quite an interesting story about historical Oakland: JAMES RADACumberland Times-News — OAKLAND — It’s been said that hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. Such fury cost Oakland its first doctor. When Dr. John Conn stepped off the Baltimore … Continue reading →

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Garrett County Historical Society’s transportation museum under construction

Posted on May 21, 2010 by admin

Support the Republiucan Newspaper! It’s only $9.95/year for the online edition! The excavation has begun for the construction of the Garrett County Historical Society’s transportation museum, which will be located along Liberty Street. Much of the funding for the 10,000-square-foot … Continue reading →

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Transportation museum to feature history of movement

Posted on May 18, 2010 by admin

Photo by Jay FergusonExhibits to include 1927 Oakland fire truck, county’s first Flying Scot sailboat Megan Miller Cumberland Times-News Oakland — OAKLAND — Museum goers in Garrett County will soon have the chance see everything from the county’s first snowmobile … Continue reading →

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Winterfest 2010 in downtown Oakland, Maryland

Posted on February 21, 2010 by admin

As you can see, we had a dazzling sunny day for Winterfest in Oakland yesterday. The temperature was perfect, and there were a lot of Garrett County folk who shook off their latest episode of cabin fever and took to … Continue reading →

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Local legislators to ask for $600,000 for museum

Posted on January 19, 2010 by admin

Local legislators to ask for $600,000 for museum Kevin SpradlinCumberland Times-News CUMBERLAND — A request for a $600,000 bond bill to support the Allegany Museum moved forward Tuesday when the District 1 legislative delegation to Annapolis voted to introduce the … Continue reading →

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