The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-07-18
OAKLAND AND MT. LAKE
DESCRIBED In ARTICLE
Feature Writer of Clarksburg
Telegram Takes Trip on Mo
nongahela West Penn Bus

In a fifth of a series of articles deal
ing with bus and motor trips to var
ious points in West Virginia, written
by Max R. Fullerton, and appearing
in the Clarksburg Telegram, Clarks-
burg, West Va, the trip from Clarks-
burg to Oakland and Mt. Lake Park
via the Monongahela West Penn Pub
lie Service company's bus is described
in detail.
Practically all of the article dealing
with the trip from Kingwood to Mt
Lake Park is reprinted here.
IS" Curve
Just out of Kingwood, one tops a
slight rise to obtain a final view of
the surrounding country before the
descent of the Cheat river valley at
Caddell This descent is winding and
steep and as one reaches the railroad
track on this side of the river at Cad
dell there is an IS" curve of consid-
cradle size.
In a few short weeks, Caddell will
be swarming with olive drab uniforms
as the West Virginia National Guard
goes into camp on the great state rifle
range few hundred yards up the val
ley from the bridge.
Crossing the bridge, the view is en-
tirely cut off by steep hillsides, eX-
cept where the Cheat river battles its
way down the valley, changing its
course every now and then to ac-
commodate little, grassy islets.
Some Hill!
Those who have braved Summit
mountain near Uniontown, Pa, but
have not tried Caddell mountain, have
something in store for them. The
consensus of motorists is that Cad
dell is much the worse of the two. 1t
is four miles long and is a continual
pull from bottom to top. This is in
dictated by the fact that at Kingwood
the elevation is 1900 feet above the
sea level, but at the top of Caddell
it is $500 feet, rise of 1000 feet in
little over four miles.
One of the finest things about Cad
dell mountain is that there are COM
paratively few road signs to mar its
green beauty-and there are only two
hot dog stands.
After quitting the summit of Cad
dell, the highway rolls along on top of
the ridge, throwing open view that
should teach West Virginians that no
where is there anything comparable
with the Mountain States own beauty.
Little Valleys
On either side of the highway
hundreds of feet below-lie little val
leys, made by the junction of two OF
more hogbacks-some with tiny farms
and others grading woodlots of second
growth timber.
Six miles from the top of Caddell
we turn a curve and suddenly Terra
Alta bursts into view. This little
town of about 1000 inhabitants is no.
ted as the highest town of it's size in
the state and for the numerous camp.
ing facilities around it.
The main line of the Baltimore anc
Ohio Railroad company runs through
the town and long association with
train smoke has given much of the
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Sanitarium
Leaving Terra Alta we notice it:
high school, a modern building capable
of housing about 300 students. Jus
beyond is Hopemont, the state tuber
culosis sanitarium, with its many
pretty brown cottages and its big ad
ministration building.
A large and modern farm is main
tanned in connection with the institu
ton and a herd of seventy-fve Hol
stein COWS lazily Craze in the rich bot
tom land on the right side of the high
way.
Four miles past Hopemont is Hut
ton Md, on the state line. Hutton i
little more than a railroad hesitation
place, with a few houses scattere
about. -:t,s
Between Hutton and the next vii
lage, which is Crellin, Md, are tn
ruins of an old tannery, once givin
employment to number of workmer
but burned to the ground about fiv
years ago.
YoughiOgheny
At Crellin one crosses the Yougf
iogheny river, a spindling littl
stream and nothing like the big rive
it becomes by the time it has reache
Connellsville, Pa.
Just few miles of this exceller
Maryland highway and we cross tt
Little Youghiogheny river into Gal
land Md, known far and wide as
place where one may be married witt
out the red tape which hampers Cup
in other states. Statistics show tn;
1900 marriage licenses were issued
1928, mostly to clippers from Pennsy
vania and West Virginia, althoue
other states were represented also.