The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-04-02
GEN. WASHTNCTON'S VISIT
TO This SECTION in 1854
AS Compiled From Records by
Mr.. Charles E. HOye, Form
erIy of Garrett County
WAS. AT MURLEY'S GLADE

WAS. AT MURLEY'S GLADE
That Garrett county and the extreme
section of Western Maryland, then
merely outposts of civilization in the
early days of the Republic, was Wis
tied by men of national importance,
who passed westward through the ter
ritory for the purpose of exploring
the country and inspecting their land
ed holdings, has been brought out in
an article recently written for The
Republican by Mr.. Charles E. Hoye,
student of the early history of this
section and a member of one of the
earliest pioneer families of this por-
ton of the country. Mr.. Hoye was
for many years following the Span
ish-American War an instructor and
later a superintendent of education in
the Philippine Islands, having been re-
tired by the National Government in
recent years and is now a resident Of
the State of California. Mr.. Hoye
was born and reared at Sang Run,
in this county, and being a true son
of the county he has devoted much
time and at considerable expense has
written a history of the Hoye family
of Garrett county, the subjoined arti-
Gle respecting General Washington's
travels through this section being
/ portion of that history, and is printed
herewith, it being of more than pass
ing interest and adds to the historic
phases of the county. Mr.. Hoye's ar
ticle follows:
"Having found it indispensably nee
essary to visit my landed property
West of the Appalachian Mountains
I did, on the first day of
this month (September) set out on my
journey one object Of my
journey being to obtain information
of the nearest and best communication
between the Eastern and Western
Waters; and to facilitate as much as
in me lay the Inland Navigation of the
Potomack."
The above appears as an entry in
General Washington's diary of 1884.
He was accompanied by DR.. James
Craik and son William, and by Bush
rod Washington, a nephew. His
equipage included three servants and
six horses; three "valeses," two tents,
bedding, a trunk containing "Silver
Cups and Spoons, Canteens, two kegs
of Spirits, Horseshoes," etc.
"In my equipage Trunk and Can
teens were Port and Madeira wine,
Cherry bounce, Oyl Mustard, Vinegar,
and Spices of all sorts; Tea and Sugar
in the Camp Kettles. = = My fish
ing lines are in the Canteens.
In addition to the business reasons
given in his diary, Washington doubt
less looked forward with pleasure to
visiting again the country he had
passed through with Christopher Gist
in the winter of 1853, when he car
ried the message from the Governor
of Virginia to the French commander
on the Ohio, and over which he had
campaigned during the ensuing
French and Indian War. In the late
summer he rode away from the we'll
ordered Mount Vernon plantation,
stopped with his brother, Col. Charles
Washington, who lived near Berkeley,
Va, only few miles south Of our an
cestor's plantation at Frog Hollow.
The next day he "arrived at the
Springs, or Town of Bath, 80 miles,"
Here Mr.. Rumsey exhibited in priv
ate, under the injunction of Secresy,
his model of a boat for ascending
rapid currents by mechanism" Wash
ington expressed himself as hopeful
of the future utility of Rumsey's boat.
eve note later that James Rumsey
used steam as a motive power for his
boat, and shares with John Fitch the
credit of inventing the steamboat.)
September 9Th the party crossed the
Potomac into Maryland and lodged
with Col. Thomas Cresap at Oldtown.
Extreme heat was followed by heavy
rains, which delayed the journey a