The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-01-05
Benjamin Wimsl0av>>>His Map

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Here in 1746, Peter Jeffer-
son, father of Thomas, came with
his party, pushing overland from
the headWaters of the Rappahan-
mock, found the blaZed trees. They
erected the stone marker brought
for the purpose. Benjamin Winslow
was also member of this party.
The writer Of this article has had
the good fortune to have access to
the map of Joshua Fry and Peter
Jefferson, published in 1855. Al
though the scope Of this work is
far more extensive than the earlier
map, it is evident that the cartog-
raphers borrowed generously from
the Winslow map in regard to the
region now under discussion. This
is evidenced by the names Of the
Potomac's tributaries in what is
now Garrett County, being identi-
cal with one exception: HopWood
Run becomes Hope Good Run in
the map Of 1755, causing this writer
to wonder if the photographer when
filling in the names Of the earlier
map had some one to read off the
names and heard Hope Good,
through some strange misinterpre-
tation Of the spoken word. It is
also interesting to note that the
mountain we now know SO well as
Sideling Hill appears on both of
these maps as Sidel0ng Hill.
It is more than probable that
Winslow's map was utilized by the
youthful protege of Lord Fairfax,
that canny mon of business, George
Washington. If SO, no doubt he
was intrigued by the references to
cole mines" which were found
near Homecoming in Allegany Coun-
ty, and between Kitzmiller, i'll Gar
rett County, and Barnum, Mary
land. This is believed to be the
earliest reference to the existence
Of coal deposits in this region. But
the attention Of Washington would
have been particularly arrested by
the notation of Winslow regarding
the Youghiogheny and its course
to the Ohio and the Mississippi.
The names of the Potomacs trib-
utaries in Garrett County are listed
on the Winslow map as follows:
Savage, Spruce, Indian, Dismal,
Laurel, Flat, Moss, Gentle, and
Cherry Brook. On present day
maps the following names appear:
Savage, Folly Run, Stony River,
Three Fork, Wolf Den, Short, Lost
land, Crooked, Laurel (Which emp
ties into river near Schell), Steyer,
Glade, Nydegger, Shields, and
Sandal on the north, while flow
ing into the Potomac from the south
are Stony, Big Buffalo, Red Oak.
Only one designation on the old
ard the modern maps is identical
the Savage River. Although the
name Laurel Run is duplicated it
seems doubtful that the designa-
tions are for the same stream,
since Laurel Run on the modern
map flows towards the Cheat River.
1t is a tribute to Benjamin Win
slows modesty that he honored
his fellow surveyor, John Savage,
by naming a river for him, but
passed up the opportunity of per-
petuating his own name in like
manner. James w. Foster, in his
article on the Winslow map, makes
the following comment:
at is a matter of regret that bio
graphical Information regarding
him TWinslow1 is scant in the ex-
IRENE. All we know is that late in
1857 he was surveying and scaling
along with others, 10000 acre
/ tract west of the Shenandoah and
that in 1889 he was appointed sher-
iff Of Essex County, and that when
Peter Jefferson and Major Brooke
! in 1746 made their survey of the