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Western Maryland, also known as the Maryland panhandle or Mountain Maryland, [1] is the portion of the U.S. state of Maryland that typically consists of Frederick, Washington, Allegany, and Garrett counties.
James Madison (1751–1836) was a Founding Father of the United States and its fourth president, serving from March 4, 1809, to March 4, 1817.Dubbed the "Father of the Constitution" for his role in creating the U.S. Constitution, he had been dissatisfied with the weak government under the Articles of Confederation, and helped organize the Constitutional Convention of 1787.
Cumberland is a city in and the county seat of Allegany County, Maryland, United States.At the 2020 census, the city had a population of 19,075. [4] Located on the Potomac River, Cumberland is a regional business and commercial center for Western Maryland and the Potomac Highlands of West Virginia.
Western Maryland College Historic District is a national historic district at Westminster, Carroll County, Maryland, United States. It is situated within the confines of the present 100-plus acre college campus of McDaniel College and comprises an area of about three acres at its southeast corner.
McDaniel College is a private college in Westminster, Maryland. Established in 1867, it was known as Western Maryland College until 2002 when it was renamed McDaniel College in honor of an alumnus who gave a lifetime of service to the college. [2] The college also has a satellite campus, McDaniel College Budapest, in Budapest, Hungary.
Maryland (US: / ˈ m ɛr ɪ l ə n d / ⓘ MERR-il-ənd) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States.It borders the states of Virginia to its south, West Virginia to its west, Pennsylvania to its north, Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to its east, and the national capital and federal district of Washington, D.C. to the southwest.
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Maryland has no natural lakes, mostly due to the lack of glacial history in the area. [58] All lakes in the state today were constructed, mostly via dams. [59] Buckel's Bog is believed by geologists to have been a remnant of a former natural lake. [60] Maryland has shale formations containing natural gas, where fracking is theoretically ...