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Western Maryland

Index Western Maryland

Western Maryland is the portion of the U.S. state of Maryland that typically consists of Washington, Allegany, and Garrett counties. [1]

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Allegany College of Maryland

Allegany College of Maryland (or ACM) is a two-year public community college located in Cumberland, Maryland.

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Allegany County, Maryland

Allegany County is located in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Maryland.

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Allegheny Mountains

The Allegheny Mountain Range, informally the Alleghenies and also spelled Alleghany and Allegany, is part of the vast Appalachian Mountain Range of the eastern United States and Canada and posed a significant barrier to land travel in less technologically advanced eras.

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Antietam National Battlefield

Antietam National Battlefield is a National Park Service protected area along Antietam Creek in Sharpsburg, Washington County, northwestern Maryland.

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Appalachia

Appalachia is a cultural region in the Eastern United States that stretches from the Southern Tier of New York to northern Alabama, Mississippi and Georgia.

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Appalachian Mountains

The Appalachian Mountains (les Appalaches), often called the Appalachians, are a system of mountains in eastern North America.

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Appalachian Regional Commission

The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) is a United States federal-state partnership that works with the people of Appalachia to create opportunities for self-sustaining economic development and improved quality of life.

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Apple

An apple is a sweet, edible fruit produced by an apple tree (Malus pumila).

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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad

The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was the first common carrier railroad and the oldest railroad in the United States, with its first section opening in 1830.

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Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area

The Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area is a combined statistical area consisting of the overlapping labor market region of the cities of Washington, D.C. and Baltimore, Maryland.

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Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball game played between two opposing teams who take turns batting and fielding.

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Bean

A bean is a seed of one of several genera of the flowering plant family Fabaceae, which are used for human or animal food.

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Berkeley County, West Virginia

Berkeley County is in the Eastern Panhandle region of West Virginia in the United States.

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Boonsboro, Maryland

Boonsboro is a town in Washington County, Maryland, United States, located at the foot of South Mountain.

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Capital Athletic Conference

The Capital Athletic Conference (CAC) is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division III.

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Cumberland Narrows

The Cumberland Narrows (or simply "The Narrows") is a water gap in western Maryland in the United States, just west of Cumberland.

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Cumberland Valley

The Cumberland Valley is a northern constituent valley of the Great Appalachian Valley, within the Atlantic Seaboard watershed in Pennsylvania and Maryland.

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Cumberland, Maryland

Cumberland is a city in and the county seat of Allegany County, Maryland, United States.

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Cumberland, MD-WV MSA

Cumberland, MD-WV MSA, or Cumberland Metro for short, is the Metropolitan Statistical Area of Cumberland, Maryland and the surrounding economic region of Allegany County, Maryland and Mineral County, West Virginia, in the United States.

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Deep Creek Lake

Deep Creek Lake is the largest inland body of water in the U.S. state of Maryland.

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Deep Creek Lake State Park

Deep Creek Lake State Park is a state-operated, public recreation area surrounding Deep Creek Lake in Garrett County, Maryland, in the United States.

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Downtown Cumberland Historic District

The Downtown Cumberland Historic District, also referred to as the Downtown Cumberland Mall, is the main shopping and dining district for the city of Cumberland, Maryland.

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Frederick County, Maryland

Frederick County is located in the northern part of the U.S. state of Maryland.

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Frostburg State University

Frostburg State University (FSU) is a public university in Frostburg, Maryland.

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Frostburg, Maryland

Frostburg is a city in Allegany County, Maryland, United States, and is at the head of the Georges Creek Valley.

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Garrett College

Garrett College is a community college in McHenry, Maryland.

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Garrett County, Maryland

Garrett County (gərɛt) is the westernmost county of the U.S. state of Maryland.

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George Washington

George Washington (February 22, 1732 –, 1799), known as the "Father of His Country," was an American soldier and statesman who served from 1789 to 1797 as the first President of the United States.

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Gun politics in the United States

Gun politics is an area of American politics defined by two opposing groups advocating for tighter gun control on the one hand and gun rights on the other.

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Hagerstown metropolitan area

The Hagerstown–Martinsburg Metropolitan Area, officially designated by the United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB) as Hagerstown–Martinsburg, Maryland–West Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), constitutes the primary cities of Hagerstown, Maryland, Martinsburg, West Virginia, and surrounding areas in three counties: Washington County, Maryland, Berkeley County, West Virginia, and Morgan County, West Virginia.

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Hagerstown Suns

The Hagerstown Suns are a Minor League Baseball team of the South Atlantic League and the Class A affiliate of the Washington Nationals.

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Hagerstown, Maryland

Hagerstown is a city in Washington County, Maryland, United States.

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Hancock, Maryland

Hancock is a town in Washington County, Maryland, United States.

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John W. Garrett

John Work Garrett (July 31, 1820 – September 26, 1884), was an American banker, philanthropist, and president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B. & O.). In 1855, he was named to the board of the B. & O., and in 1858, became its president, a position he held until the year he died.

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Jonathan Hager

Jonathan Hager (1714– November 6, 1775) is the founder of Hagerstown, Maryland, United States.

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Leaf vegetable

Leaf vegetables, also called leafy greens, salad greens, pot herbs, vegetable greens, or simply greens, are plant leaves eaten as a vegetable, sometimes accompanied by tender petioles and shoots.

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Maize

Maize (Zea mays subsp. mays, from maíz after Taíno mahiz), also known as corn, is a cereal grain first domesticated by indigenous peoples in southern Mexico about 10,000 years ago.

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Maryland

Maryland is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington, D.C. to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east.

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Mason–Dixon line

The Mason–Dixon line, also called the Mason and Dixon line or Mason's and Dixon's line, was surveyed between 1763 and 1767 by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon in the resolution of a border dispute involving Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Delaware in Colonial America.

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Mineral County, West Virginia

Mineral County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia.

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Morgan County, West Virginia

Morgan County is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia.

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Mountain Lake Park, Maryland

Mountain Lake Park is a town in Garrett County, Maryland, in the United States.

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Municipal Stadium (Hagerstown)

Municipal Stadium is a stadium in Hagerstown, Maryland, United States.

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA; pronounced, like "Noah") is an American scientific agency within the United States Department of Commerce that focuses on the conditions of the oceans, major waterways, and the atmosphere.

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North Central West Virginia

North Central West Virginia (sometimes known as "Mountaineer Country") is a region of the U.S. State of West Virginia.

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Oakland, Maryland

Oakland is a town in the west-central part of Garrett County, Maryland.

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Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania German: Pennsylvaani or Pennsilfaani), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state located in the northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.

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Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh is a city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the United States, and is the county seat of Allegheny County.

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Potato

The potato is a starchy, tuberous crop from the perennial nightshade Solanum tuberosum.

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Potomac River

The Potomac River is located within the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States and flows from the Potomac Highlands into the Chesapeake Bay.

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Preston County, West Virginia

Preston County is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia.

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Prince George's County, Maryland

Prince George’s County (often shortened to "PG County") is a county in the U.S. state of Maryland, bordering the eastern portion of Washington, D.C. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the population was 863,420, making it the second-most populous county in Maryland, behind only Montgomery County.

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Same-sex marriage in the United States

Same-sex marriage in the United States was initially established on a state-by-state basis, expanding from 1 state in 2004 to 36 states in 2015, when, on June 26, 2015, same-sex marriage was established in all 50 states as a result of the ruling of the Supreme Court of the United States in the landmark civil rights case of Obergefell v. Hodges, in which it was held that the right of same-sex couples to marry on the same terms and conditions as opposite-sex couples, with all the accompanying rights and responsibilities, is guaranteed by both the Due Process Clause and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

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Smithsburg, Maryland

Smithsburg is a town in Washington County, Maryland, United States.

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South Atlantic League

The South Atlantic League is a Minor League Baseball league with teams along the Atlantic coastline of the United States from New Jersey to Georgia.

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Taxation in the United States

The United States of America has separate federal, state, and local government(s) with taxes imposed at each of these levels.

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The Washington Post

The Washington Post is a major American daily newspaper founded on December 6, 1877.

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U.S. state

A state is a constituent political entity of the United States.

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Walkersville Southern Railroad

The Walkersville Southern Railroad (reporting mark WS) is a 6.72 mile (11 km) heritage railway in Walkersville, Maryland.

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Washington County, Maryland

Washington County is located in the western part of the U.S. state of Maryland.

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Washington metropolitan area

The Washington metropolitan area is the metropolitan area centered on Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States.

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Western Maryland Railway Station (Cumberland, Maryland)

Western Maryland Railway Station is a historic railway station in Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland.

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Westernport, Maryland

Westernport is a town in Allegany County, Maryland, United States, along the Georges Creek Valley.

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Williamsport, Maryland

Williamsport is a town in Washington County, Maryland, United States.

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Wisp Ski Resort

Wisp Resort is the only four-season downhill ski resort in Maryland.

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2010 United States Census

The 2010 United States Census (commonly referred to as the 2010 Census) is the twenty-third and most recent United States national census.

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Appalachian Maryland, Maryland Panhandle, Maryland panhandle, West Maryland.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Maryland

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