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Hattery, Thomas H., ed. Western Maryland : A Profile. Foreword by Charles McC. Mathias Jr. Mt. Airy, MD: Lomond Books, 1980.
Annotation / Notes: This work describes the Counties which make up Maryland's Sixth Congressional District. The chapters are written by individuals involved in current affairs. The focus is on politics, government, and the economic nature of the counties. There is a great deal of statistical information. Chapter VIII includes brief essays on the future of Western Maryland by notable Maryland Officials, such as Governor Hughes, the heads of various state agencies, and people of note in the counties.
Categories: Architecture, Historic Preservation, and Town Planning, County and Local History, Economic, Business, and Labor History, Politics and Law, Twentieth Century, Allegany County, Carroll County, Frederick County, Garrett County, Howard County, Washington County
Long, Helen R. Index to Scharf's History of Western Maryland, Volumes I and II. Baltimore: Clearfield Co., 1995.
Categories: County and Local History, Family History and Genealogy, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Seventeenth Century, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century, Allegany County, Carroll County, Frederick County, Garrett County, Montgomery County, Washington County
McWilliams, Rita. "Great Elevations." Mid-Atlantic Country 13 (January 1992): 54-58, 63.
Annotation / Notes: A tourism piece, but one which offers good basic information on a number of western Maryland's geological landmarks -- Crystal Grottoes Caverns, Sideling Hill Road Cut, and The Devil's Racecourse.
Categories: County and Local History, Environment, Geography and Cartography, Twentieth Century, Allegany County, Frederick County, Garrett County, Washington County
Van Newkirk, Betty. "Theatres and Opera Houses in Western Maryland." Journal of the Alleghenies 27 (1991): 73-86.
Categories: Fine and Decorative Arts, Music and Theater, Allegany County, Frederick County, Garrett County, Washington County
Barquist, Rose, et al. A Source Book for Early Western Maryland History and Genealogy. Shippensburg, PA: Beidel Printing House, 1986.
Categories: County and Local History, Family History and Genealogy, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Seventeenth Century, Eighteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Allegany County, Frederick County, Garrett County, Montgomery County

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