Geography and Landmarks
This river flows through Cumberland on its way to the Chesapeake Bay.
What is the Potomac River?
This young officer built Fort Cumberland and learned hard lessons here during the French & Indian War.
Who was George Washington?
Cumberland was the western terminus of this railroad, America’s first.
What is the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad?
This Cumberland native became a world-famous jazz guitarist.
Who was Charlie Byrd?
Cumberland is known by this regal nickname.
What is the “Queen City”?
This smaller creek joins the Potomac at Cumberland, making it a strategic site.
What is Wills Creek
n 1755, this British general left Cumberland for Fort Duquesne and never returned alive.
Who was General Edward Braddock?
This federally funded road, starting in Cumberland, became America’s first national highway.
What is the National Road?
Born nearby in Lonaconing, this Hall of Fame pitcher is tied to the Cumberland region.
Who was Lefty Grove?
This president’s funeral procession passed through Cumberland in 1841.
Who was William Henry Harrison?
This natural gap through the Alleghenies gave settlers a passage west.
What is the Narrows?
This American Revolution hero, later known for his sharpshooters, once marched through the Cumberland area.
Who was Daniel Morgan?
Coal from this nearby basin fueled Cumberland’s factories in the 19th century.
What is the Georges Creek Coal Basin?
his longtime congressman from Mineral County has a Cumberland federal building named after him.
Who was Harley O. Staggers?
This 19th-century canal company headquartered in Cumberland once rivaled the B&O Railroad.
What was the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Company?
This national historical park begins in Cumberland and once stretched 184.5 miles to Georgetown.
What is the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal?
During the Civil War, Confederate raiders known as this group often disrupted Cumberland.
Who were McNeill’s Rangers?
Cumberland was once home to massive factories producing this metal product, essential for railroad tracks.
What is iron/steel?
This famous bluegrass and country festival has roots in the nearby Allegany Mountains.
What is the DelFest music festival?
A marker in the Narrows commemorates this famous surveyors’ line that passes through Allegany County.
What is the Mason-Dixon Line?
Cumberland is the seat of this Maryland county.
What is Allegany County?
This future president stopped in Cumberland in 1862 to confer with generals.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
This scenic railroad now offers tourist excursions between Cumberland and Frostburg.
What is the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad?
Cumberland native Samuel Black McKenney became well known in the 1800s as a pioneering editor of this kind of publication.
What is a newspaper?
This historic cemetery in Cumberland is the resting place of political, military, and industrial leaders.
What is Rose Hill Cemetery?