1950 Map of Kitzmiller

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Backbone Mountain anchors this mid-century look at the borderlands of Maryland and West Virginia, where the Potomac River carves a deep valley between Garrett Co and Mineral Co. The industrial pulse of the region is evident in the proximity of Baltimore and Ohio and Western Maryland rail lines, which served the coal communities and strip mines dotting the hillsides. Settlement clusters tightly along the river and rail corridors, notably at Kitzmiller, Blaine, and Shaw.