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The Cumberland Narrows (or simply The Narrows [1]) is a water gap in western Maryland in the United States, just west of Cumberland. Wills Creek cuts through the central ridge of the Wills Mountain Anticline at a low elevation here between Wills Mountain to the north and Haystack Mountain to the south.
Wills Creek and Town Creek Watersheds in Pennsylvania and Maryland. Wills Creek drops off the Allegheny Mountains of southeastern Somerset County, Pennsylvania, beginning on the western slope of Savage Mountain [2] in Larimer Township. It flows into Northampton Township, passing through Mance, Philson Station, and Glencoe.
Wills Creek may refer to: Wills Creek (North Branch Potomac River), in Pennsylvania and Maryland; Wills Creek (Ohio), a tributary of the Muskingum River;
From 1899 until 1930, Wills Mountain was the site of the Wills Mountain Inn, a mansion featuring 46 bedrooms with private baths and a grand ballroom that was initially used as a fraternal clubhouse and informal country club. [2] In 1902, the property was sold to Dr. Henry Fry for conversion to a sanatorium. [3] The property burned down in 1930. [2]
Cumberland Narrows west of Cumberland, Maryland, the water gap along Wills Creek through which the National Road crosses between Haystack Mountain (left) and Wills Mountain (right). This is the passage through the rugged Wills Mountain Anticline now used by the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad (left), Alternate U.S. Route 40 (center, left of ...
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The first known settler in the area was Samuel Waters, who lived near Wills Creek and built a bridge across it before 1800. Around 1800, Jacob Burkett and Amos Raley started a boatbuilding business at the settlement called Bridgeport. Boats were needed to float grain down to Cumberland, Maryland. In 1850, Enoch Cade opened a store, and in 1865 ...
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