The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-17

wound among the hills At Piedmont
we begin the ascent of the mountains
on the ''17-mile graden and go up at
an incline of 100 feet to the mile. 1t
requires a good engine and helper to
get the train up.
On the top we stop at the beautiful
summer resort. Deer Park, which is
so popular with Washington, Balti-
more and other cities. Two or three
miles further on we have Mountain
Lake Park. tbs the Mountain Chau-
tauqua-most delightful in its situa-
ton, of hills thickly wood with oak.
In this natural grove are hundreds
of cottages and little hotels to take
care OF the thousands of people who
come here for recreation and culture.
The auditorium is an immense wood
en- structure with open sides, erected
over natural amphitheatre. 1t will
seat five thousand people.
We visited the grounds on Wednes-
day. Here and there a belated cot
tager was preparing to move and
leave the place to solitude and win
/ ter. This is the southern Chautau-
qua and is conducted by DIR. David
son, whose home is at Cuyahoga
Falls.
Thursday.-Thism morning the val
ley and hills are rather obscure by
clouds and there is an autumn chill
in the air with indication of rain.
As matter of statistics it will be
well to say that Oakland is the county
seat of Garrett county, the youngest
and largest county in Maryland. 1t
was made out of a portion of Ale
gany county-observe the spelling
in 1872 and named in honor of John
W. Garrett, the famous president of
the b. & o. railroad. The county is
bounded on the south and west by
West Virginia; Mason and Dixon's
line divides it from PENIS on the
north and the north branch of the
Potomac river separates it from West
Virginia on the southeast-so it is the
most remote corner of Maryland from
the seaboard.
The village of Oakland has ITO in
habitants; the county of Garrett II, 701
normally and in the summer perhaps
ten thousand more, for the top of the
hills-or more properly speaking,
mountains-are alive with visi tors
from the seaboard and south and
everywhere. The village is prettily
nestled at the foot of several hills,
one of the principal of which is the
one from which this is written
''Crook Crest''-named in honor of
one of Ohio's great military men,
Gen. George Crook. He married Miss
Mary Tapscott Daley, the charming
daughter of famous landlord of that
name in Oakland, Cumberland and
Wheeling and elder sister of our
hostess.
During the war Miss Daley was a
blOcu llDUlC IcDcl, dllO IL
was while stopping at her fathers
hotel in Cumberland, in February,
1866, that a band of Confederates by
a ruse entered the lines-the town at
that time was in the hands of the
Union forces-and captured General
Crook and carried him to Richmond.
Secretary Stanton ordered the ar
rest of Miss Daley and her father,
but the officer in command at Cum
berland knowing they were innocent
of any completely in the affair, by
one excuse and another, delayed, I'M
til after Appotamax and then there
was no need to arrest them. General
Crook was soon exchanged and came
back to Cumberland, and was again
captured, this time by a rebel too,
but clad in cavalry gray, but in dainty
attire-the winsome beauty, Miss
Daley. 1t was case of love at first
sight on the part of both, and after
she surrendered it proved to be
union that was indissoluble except
by death.
General Crook saw much service
during the later '60's and all through
the next twenty years in the west
among the Indians, all of which time
his wife was his almost constant COM
panion. In the early '9O's he died
very suddenly at the Grand Pacific in
Chicago while attending court mar
tial. The General, like all brave men,
was very sympathetic. The night
before his death he attended the the
atre when Mansfield appeared in DIR.
Jeckyl and Mr.. Hyde, and although
in poor health it has always been
thought by his friends that the strain
to his nerves and sensibilities in see
ing the play had something to do with
his sudden death few hours after.
Our subject is too large for one let
ter and will be continued in our
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