Around Town

WELCOME TO ACCIDENT

Accident, Garrett County, Maryland was one of the early settlements

 in the far west of Maryland. 

    

How did Accident get its name? 

Here's the story I was told.

In 1750 King George II of England paid off a debt to George Deakins by giving him 600 acres of land in western Maryland.  

Mr. Deakins sent out two parties of engineers, 

each without knowledge of the other 

to find and survey the best land in that section of Maryland.  

When the engineers returned, they discovered, much to their surprise, 

that they had each marked the same oak tree as a starting point 

and then marked off the same 600 acres.  

Mr. Deakins considered it safe to choose this land and had it patented as 

“The Accident Tract.”

I think it was more of a Coincidence and would have named it that. 🙂

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The Drane House

Read about it 

HERE.

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Information on James Drane you can find

HERE.

Read and see some old pictures of my town of Accident, Maryland

HERE.

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Wondering about the climate here in Accident, Maryland.

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There are three cemeteries in town that I walk around on my

morning walks.

This first one is small and is along the road.

I call this one the lower cemetery.

The third cemetery is the one at the top of the hill.

The oldest grave here is James Drane's from 1828.

and the oldest person I could find buried here is

Earl Wentz who died in February of 2019

and he was 103 years old.

The church you see in the picture above was located here at the cemetery.

but on August 23, 1901 it was struck by lightning and completely destroyed.

In April of 1903 another church was built but this time it was built

on the main road in town.

There is another church a couple of blocks farther down the road.

The cemetery is on Cemetery Road

which also has a doctors office.

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Other buildings and businesses in town.

The Library

It may not be huge and have lots and lots of books but any book you want

they will get it for you.

The three librarians Connie, Lori, and Maya are friendly and very helpful.

Post Office

This building has a dentist, hair dresser, and an insurance office in it.

The Fire Department

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Liberty Gas Station

Dollar General and the Hardware Store

The Rolling Pin Bakery 

G & W

The lumber yard

If you'd like to read more about Farmer Marvin and his son Austin's Farm

you can visit their WEBSITE.

The bulls and cows I go visit most days are Farmer Marvin's.