New-York tribune., 1901-03-31
4 NEW TOWN on THE POTOMAC.
D,.s1>.pss ADVANTAGES AND HISTORIC Associ-
ATOMS OF PEARRE. MD,

Brs1Nrss ADVANTAGES AND HISTORIC Associ-
ATOMS OF PEARRE. MD
Cumberland Md. March (Speelap'-At ,"e
montb of sidelong Hill Creek. the boundary oe-
-, .uapanv and Washington counties mas
snr,,ng up the town of Pearre. named Ior Coh-
eressman George a. Pearre, OF the WIN Ma. yam Ac
district The town Is on the washington O'uitS
side on the edge of the Potomac hEer' anu Is
obont forty miles east of Cumberland. The Chesa-
peake and Ohio Canal passes at this poih'' "h71e
= IocateI Lock No Sc. more Familiarity known as
Dunnigan's Lock. ,,. :,
contractors are on the ground, and building IS
active several houses having gone up, ana more
being MANNED A postoffice has been estaohsheo-
Lewis MizeIl has bought several thousand acres ol
,in,ber and mineral land in the Immediate VicnitS
the purchase including portion OF the hls'oil0
Cacapon tract Mr.. Mizell already has severai saw"
mills in operation along the creek. and Is opehs
coal mine In the mountain just back OF Fearre-
This mine was opened several years ago. put hao
heen abandoned good quality of coal Is now
being taken out, and the work of mining VIII De
pushed rapidly The coal is used In the ooliers ot
the sawmils. The tract abounds IN forests ana
charcoal pits are kept burning.
Mr. MizeI will start a lumber boom at the mouth
of Sldeong Hill Creek He recently acquired seVera
thousand acres of untouched timber land on the
south branch of the Potomac and II Is his purpose
TO raft the logs down the Potomac in freshets 10
the boom. Pearre is about two miles west Ol u,ll
No 6 one of the main feeders of the chesapeake
and Ohio Canal, which affords a maSniflcent sheet
of slack four or five miles back All TINS Is
conducive to a successful lumber boom Great
CacapOh is nearly opposite on the west NnsIHa NnsI
shore and is one of the most important snal!er
shipping points along the Baltimore and ohio hali-
Aside from being rich in natural resources. the
country about PeaTre Is attractive from an hlstorS
point of view. In the town are the ruins OF an Old
iron furnace erected long before the Civil War for
Lady Stafford of the English nobility. who owned
heirs i'm R9l
made The bricks of the furnace were brought
passengers the Baltimore and Ohio trains often
wonder what the letters L. :. on the towering
brick stack standing for Lady Stafford, mean
4 few days raZed "old Hibernia, a log
building. which had stood for over "a century and
a half, aud tradition has it that Braddoek stopped
at the place on his memorable march west in the
French and Indian War 1t the farm of
Thomas Dunnigan, part of the CaCapon tract
Mr. Dunngan deemed it unsafe and tore IL down.
other buildings. 1t favorite resort for pleas
ure seekers from the cities and lovers of history
Old English coins were found in the building, and
Miss Annie StarneS who has charge of the cot
tage of ex-Judge Curtis j. HilIyer. of Washington.
by, has antique English pocket knife taken
from the building. An Englishman named Law in
the days before the had charge of the Stafford
his own pleasure he built road to the of the
high mountain in the From this a mag
nihcent view can be secured In the immediate
Vicinity Just east of Judge Ellyers cottage. is the
home of the Woodmont Rod and Gun Club com
posed of prominent residents of Washington. The
clubhouse Is on n knoll overlooking the Potomac
River, which affords of the finest bass fishing
grounds in the United States. Many Washington
sportsmen, attracted by the fine ishng spend
weeks in summer at this place Grover Cievela nd
when President the guest several Occasions
at the Woodmont Rod and Gun Club. With a
humble bee straw hat. gaylE bedecked with gauzy
nyhooks. he was at the time the cause OF much
wonder TO the natives. At the cottage of ex-
visitors entertained in summer The house IN
June urne Is almost hidden by bower or roses.