Qualla: Garrett County, Maryland https://qualla.com/garrett-county-maryland en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:07 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Garrett County, Maryland https://qualla.com/garrett-county-maryland Garrett County, Maryland: Introduction https://qualla.com/garrett-county-maryland/ Stand on Hoye-Crest, the summit of Backbone Mountain at 3,360 feet, and you are higher than any other point in Maryland. Walk a few yards west and the water at your feet has changed allegiance. East of the ridge, every drop flows to the Chesapeake. West, every drop heads to the Gulf of Mexico via the Youghiogheny, Monongahela, Ohio, and Mississippi. Garrett County is the only piece of Maryland that drains to the Mississippi system. That makes it geographically the strangest piece of the state - and almost everything else about it follows.

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]]> Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/n/z/x/garrett-county-maryland-wp/dnzx-garrett-county-maryland-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Garrett County, Maryland: The Last County https://qualla.com/garrett-county-maryland/ Garrett County was the last county created in Maryland, carved out of Allegany County in 1872 and named for John Work Garrett (1820-1884), the president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. The B&O had pushed track through these mountains a generation earlier, and Garrett used his...

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