The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-02-04

ately) the traditional Maryland hospi-
tality was found wanting, as Wash
ington feelingly writes that they got
nothing for their horses and only
boiled corn for themselves.
Fortunately, Mr.. Friends indiffer-
ence to the great general has been
more than counterbalanced by the en-
thusiasm of Oakland's present city
County surveyor, C. Milton Sincell,
who in his interest in Washington's
trips through Garrett county has
checked the famous travellers field
notes by his own surveys and can
point out the exact spots where the
Father of His Country once passed.
Leaving the Friend house, Wash
ington, again accompanied by his
nephew, Bushrod, passed Archer's
(Archie's) Spring, crossed Backbone
Mountain and then went to the house
of Thomas Logsdon at Gormania. On
October A, after journeying about $50
miles, he returned to Mount Vernon.
The Potomac Navigation Company,
with Washington as president and
James Rumsey as superintendent, was
organized on January 5, 1875. In Au-
gust of that year Washington and the
other directors left Georgetown on
horseback for an inspection tour Of
the Potomac River and surrounding
country as far as the Shenandoah
Falls at Harper's Ferry.
Fortified by the "cold collation., with
spirits, Wine, &ca" that they took
with them, they turned from the main
road three miles from Georgetown
and rode to Mr.. Goldsborough's at the
head of Seneca Falls. The next day,
having obtained canoes, they started
at the head of the falls and went down
stream to the Little Falls, returned by
water to the Great Falls and then,
after partaking of luncheon provid-
ed by the gentlemen of the nighbor-
hood, returned to Mr.. Goldsborough's
house, where they spent the night.
The next morning they rode
through the Maryland Sugar Lands,
1,400 acres of which belonged to Geo.
Platter. The general remarked on
their being "ine and very level" be-
coming of an inferior quality as the
country extended twelve miles fur
Their to the Monocacy. From the Mo-
nocacy to Frederick, a distance of
about twelve miles, the soil was "un-
excelled for fertility, convenient level
ness and luxuriant growth of timber"
Washington was intensely inter-
ested in agriculture and he was i'm
pressed by the good condition of the
farms on the manor of Charles Carroll
of Carrollton, who owned in that Sec
ton twelve or fourteen thousand
acres.
In his diary Washington describes
Frederick Town as being situated on
branch of the Monocacy and lying
rather low, the country round being
beautiful and in high cultivation. In
the town of that day there were
courthouse, churches, workhouse and
other public buildings. The mechanics
were numerous, Gin proportion to the
aggregate; and the spirit of Industry
seems to pervade the place, tho trade,
it is said, had slackened."
In his diary he writes:
Friday, 9th. Dined at Dutchman's
miles above the Mo(uth) of Monoca-
sy and reached the former (Freder-
ick) about O'clock. Drank Tea, sup
ped and lodged at Govr. Johnson's.
In the Evening the Bells rang, and
Guns were fired; and a Committee
waited upon me by order of the Cen
tlemen of the Town to request that I
wd. stay next day and partake of a
public dinner which the Town were
DESTROYS of giving me. But as ar
engagements had been made, and the
time for examining the Shenandoah
Falls, previous to the day fixed for
receiving labourers into pay, was