Pen Mar

By Franklin P. Woodring and Suanne K. Woodring

With a vista of 2,000 square miles across the Cumberland Valley, Pen Mar sits in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains at an elevation of 1,400 feet. It was this breathtaking view that inspired the president of the Western Maryland Railway, Col. John Mifflin Hood, to establish Pen Mar Park, which opened on August 31, 1877. The park served as a magnet for visitors, and soon magnificent hotels and boarding houses appeared, making the area one of the most popular resorts in the East. Railways brought hundreds of thousands of tourists until the rise of the automobile, when people found their way toPen Mar by cars and buses.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
• Release date: Sep 18, 2012
• ISBN: 9781439629796

Franklin P. Woodring

Frank and Suanne Woodring, publishers of the Maryland Cracker Barrel magazine, are former educators in Washington County, Maryland, with a total of more than 60 years in the classroom. The authors invite readers to experience the magic of the Pen Mar area through the images and voices of those who love “the Alps of America.”

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