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Friendsville Interactive History Tour

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18 Stops
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Tour Overview

A fun walking or biking history tour with 18 sign markers. Online stories about the people and events that helped shape the town of Friendsville.

  • A rich history stretching over 250 years.

  • Friend Family Museum & Genealogical Library.

  • World class whitewater rafting & kayaking on the Upper Yough.

  • Direct access to the Wild & Scenic River on the Kendall Trail.

  • A beautiful riverside town for shopping and dining, and a wonderful community park for picnicking and relaxing.

  • The friendliest town in Maryland.

For more information about Friendsville, visit www.visitfriendsville.org.

Tour Design Production

Vision Quest Studios

Friendsville, MD 21531

The FIHT is funded by the Maryland Heritage Areas, The Garrett County Commissioners, The Town of Friendsville and The Garrett County Arts Council. This Project has been financed in part with State Funds from the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority, an instrumentality of the State of Maryland. However, the contents and opinions do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority. Special assistance by The Friend Family Association of America Heritage Museum and Genealogical Library and historian Ina Hicks.

Stops

  1. Stop 1: Marker #1 Legend of Johnny Friend

  2. Stop 2: Marker #2 Native American Visitors

  3. Stop 3: Marker #3 Riverside Hotel – Knights of Pythias

  4. Stop 4: Marker #4 Commerce, Custer & Rylands Stores

  5. Stop 5: Marker # 5 Water Street North, E.M. Friend

  6. Stop 6: Marker #6 Maple Street and Morris Avenue

  7. Stop 7: Marker #7 The Lost Settlement of Kendall

  8. Stop 8: Marker #8 Opera House, Morris Avenue and Walnut St.

  9. Stop 9: Marker #9 Cider Mill, Shanty Town & Baseball

  10. Stop 10: Marker #10 Unique Mill

  11. Stop 11: Marker # 11 Yough Motors, Bands & Confectionary

  12. Stop 12: Marker #12 Bank, Leslie Friend Store, Military Honors

  13. Stop 13: Marker #13 Railroad Station & Hotels

  14. Stop 14: Marker #14 Friendsville School History

  15. Stop 15: Marker #15 J.W. McCullough – Lumbering & Mining Titan

  16. Stop 16: #16 Hunters Bowl & Historic Cemetery

  17. Stop 17: Marker #17 Bear Creek Lumber -Meat Market – Old Bridge

  18. Stop 18: Marker #18 Walnut & Third Street – F.G. & Sons

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