A Moment in Time - Accidental History

It's Saturday afternoon and I am cruising around my Google Alerts. I happened upon this blog about Appalachian History.  I am totally intrigued with the history surrounding Garrett County and for that matter all of the Appalachia since my Dad grew up in southeastern Kentucky, Pike County. This blog has tons of Appalachian stories from KY, MD, OH, WV just to name a few.  Both stories I already know of course having grown up in southern Garrett County in the Pleasant Valley area and marrying a northern boy from Sang Run.  The first story, Old Order Amish,  is about the settlement of the Old Order Amish community in Pleasant Valley, no I am not Amish, but my Grandma went to the Amish school. I have tons of friends that live in this community.  And the second, The Accidental Town, is the ever so popular story about the discovery of Accident, MD.  I really like this blog, I think I will subscribe.  Hope you enjoy the stories. 

Comments

[Dave Tabler]

Thanks so much for the warm comments about the App Hist blog! Garrett County, like so much of Appalachia, is full of great stories, and I hope I can do them justice.

I stopped by Accident this past summer to visit the oldest log cabin in Maryland. A tornado apparently had ripped through the area recently and you could visually follow the line of downed trees for a good half mile or so. Luckily the cabin was untouched.