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Big Savage Mountain
This postcard is #14 from The Braddock Road Series by John Kennedy Lacock, Amity, PA depicting scenes along the historic route that General Braddock took in 1755.
The card shows workers resting resting close to the summit of Big Savage Mountain, near Frostburg, MD. While there are level spots on the Eastern side of the mountain, the mount is rocky as the picture shows, and in many places, extremely steep. The descent is very rugged, and at places almost perpendicular. On the Western slope flows Big Savage River.
WQED in Pittsburgh has a nice video and history of the Big Savage Railroad Tunnel.
I spent half my childhood living on an acre of property, the back edge of which ran along Braddock Rd. where it ran through Cumberland, MD. I highly recommend Cumberland, Frostburg, and Big Savage Mountain as beautiful areas to visit. ~ M. Parsons
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Braddock Park
This postcard is #12 from The Braddock Road Series by John Kennedy Lacock, Amity, PA depicting scenes along the historic route that General Braddock took in 1755. Some of the cards, such as this one, had the ongoing history of Braddock's trek on the back of the card as it related to the picture.
On June 15, the entire force (Braddock's force in 1755) moved from Martin's Plantation and passed through the Southern part of Frost burg, where the first traces of the road through the town can be seen in the lot of James Gross. Thence the road passes westward through Braddock Park. Almost 150 yards north of the park is an old mile stone.
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Lovers Leap, Cumberland, MD
This postcard is dated 1909 showing Lovers Leap in Cumberland, MD. Having grown up in Cumberland, I heard the story told as that of two young lovers who were prevented from marrying and so plunged to their death together. For details of the story, read half way down the page under "Many Versions of Legend" - the third paragraph, on Phil Hoebing's Legends of Lover's Leaps.
Wikipedia says "Lovers Leap is located at the top of Wills Mountain, overlooking "the Narrows" at Cumberland, Maryland. It is 1,652 feet above sea level and made up of oddly squared projectories of rock, from its top, all the way down to the National Highway (U.S. Rte. 40) below. The City of Cumberland and the surrounding states of Pennsylvania and West Virginia may be seen from this point. Further, it is known that the air currents whipping up and around are so strong, that a climber cannot be heard from the top once over the lip, nor can be easily seen due to the projected rock angles. |
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