This page contains information about other related organizations. If you have suggestions for additions, please email them to acrosby@frostburg.edu
Genealogy
Genealogy Resources, Lewis J. Ort Library, Frostburg State University, Frostburg, MD
This page includes information about genealogical research materials available at the FSU Library. Includes a complete listing of the library's newspaper and Census microfilm holdings.
History
Penn Alps and Spruce Forest Artisan Village, Grantsville, Maryland
Penn Alps was started in 1957 by Dr. Alta Schrock as a means to provide a marketing arm for local cottage industries, a cultural center to showcase and preserve the area's arts and crafts, its music, history, and spiritual values and to open a restaurant to serve hearty country fare.
C & O Canal
Official National Park Service web site for the C&O Canal National Historic Park, a 184 mile historic trail parkway that running between Cumberland, MD and Washington, DC.
Cumberland's Canal Place, Cumberland, Maryland
Official web site of Cumberland's Canal Place. Visitors can ride a steam train, hike or bike the C&O Canal towpath, tour a full scale Canal Boat Replica, learn about canal history at the C&O Canal National Historical Park's Cumberland Visitor Center, enjoy unique festivals like our annual C&O CanalFest and, in the near future, take a ride on a canal boat on the rewatered terminus.
Libraries
Special Collections, Lewis J. Ort Library, Frostburg State University, Frostburg, MD
This resource includes an extensive collection of materials that focus on western Maryland, southwestern Pennsylvania, and northern West Virginia. The collection is especially strong in mining materials, the C & O Canal, the National Road, and local genealogy. In addition, the Library maintains two complete sets of the Journal of the Alleghenies and houses microfilm editions of many local newspapers back to the 1800s. An appointment is recommended.
Appalachian Room, Library, Allegany College of Maryland, Cumberland, MD
Includes a large collection of western Maryland local history and genealogical materials.
Appalachian Collection, Library, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
WVU Libraries maintains one of the nation's best collections on Appalachian regional culture. The Appalachian Collection numbers over 10,000 volumes which are located throughout the WVU library system.
Museums
Frostburg Museum, Frostburg, Maryland
The Frostburg Museum is an excellent resource for those interested in the history of Frostburg, mining in the Georges Creek Valley, the National Road, and western Maryland. Its located in an 1899 school building in Frostburg. Please visit this site for more information.
Miscellaneous
 
 

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