Author : Franklin P. Woodring
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 143962979X
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (396 download)
Book Synopsis Pen Mar by : Franklin P. Woodring
Download or read book Pen Mar written by Franklin P. Woodring and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2005-03-02 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 to Pen Mar by cars and buses.