Display Cabinet F Top Shelf -- Booklets, Pamphlets, and Brochures George Ternent and Sons, 100th Anniversary, 1885-1985. Lonaconing Iron Furnace Dedication, June 27, 1982; refurbishment of furnace and establishment of the park. Lonaconing's Jubilee, Sept. 1 - 7, 1907; 70th anniversary of the town. Soldiers Homecoming, World War II, July, 1946. Cumberland Daily News Souvenir Edition, featuring Lonaconing Homecoming and Centennial, July, 1937. Old Home Week, August, 1927. Good Will Fire Company Anniversary booklet. Post Office Special Cancellation for Lonaconing Sesquicentennial, 1985. Antique Sacred Songs book, American Society of Christian Endeavor. Employee Magazine, Davis Coke Company, December, 1916. Windows to the Past; Allegany County anecdotes written and contributed by Betty Van Newkirk. Plaque commemorating importance of the Iron Furnace; sold for fund raising, circa 1985. Composition books from Old Central School. Annual Reports, Inspector of Mines, Allegany and Garrett Counties. Antique 19th century eye glasses. Bottom Shelf 19th Century washboard. Lonaconing Health Clinic basket, uniform and equipment; first facility in town, sponsored by the Red Cross. Early dental tools used by Dr. Gorman Getty, first town dentist. (Donated by James Ritchie.) Fort Cumberland Bicentennial Program, 1932. History of Allegany County; History of Western Maryland. Early 19th century feathered hat. (Donated by the Atkinson family). Newspaper article, 1998, featuring placement of Lefty Grove trophy; written by J. Suter Kegg who was instrumental in George's Creek Valley's retention of the trophy. 1931 edition of New York Weekly featuring Lefty Grove with first Most Valuable Player trophy. (Donated by Robert Burns of Delaware.) Deane Mellander, B & O Thunder in the Alleghenies; features the Scenic Railroad. Ross Grenard and John Krause. Steam in the Alleghenies -- Western Maryland. (Donated by Patrick Stakem.) Historic Clarysville Inn menu, 1807. "Allegany County -- 200 Years, 1789-1989". Iron shoe-making last. Memorial card from funeral service for Lefty Grove (1975), Eichorn Funeral Home. "Heritage Weekly," featuring Lonaconing, 1978. Spinning wheel from Lonaconing Silk Mill (1937-1957) (Donated by Herbert Crawford.) Plaque displaying mounted 1920/1930 film advertisements from Bob Marshall's Confectionary, as presented at the San Toy Theater, with note of 1953 admission prices. (Donated by Robert and Ann Brown.) Display Cabinet G Shelf 1 -- Left Half Cumberland Times newspaper concerning World War II events. World War II ration book of Martha Dillon. Bradstreet financial listings book (includes George Ternent family business). San Toy Theater programs, tickets and advertisements, 1927 and 1955 (Donated by Edyth Smith.) Shelf 2 -- Left Half World War II (1945) gas rationing stamp book. Antique fans from local businesses. World War I uniform and hat. Photograph of World War I, 1919, victory parade in Barton. Newspaper of World War II events. World War I War Department checks; individuals donating to the war effort. World War II military greeting cards. Lapel pins signifying donation of time or money to World War I war effort. Lonaconing Savings Bank book. Collection of sales slips and promotion items from local businesses. Ceramic doorknob found in 1980's archeological dig of Lonaconing Main Street (relic of 1882 town fire?). Telegram received by the mother of Alvin C. Neat, Lonaconing's first World War II casualty. Shelf 1 -- Right Half Georges Creek area resources for the production of pig iron at Lonaconing's Iron Furnace, a display by Dr. Stanley K. Dickinson of various stages of iron production. Iron ore samples found in surrounding mountains; pig iron bar made in Lonaconing's Iron Furnace, circa 1850; framed rock strata item above Cabinet G. Cabinet Top Display Above Display Cabinets F & G Allegany County, Maryland, Rural Cemeteries. Genealogical Society of Allegany County, 1990. 284 pages. Cemeteries, Churches and Funeral Homes, pages 690-835 of unknown history work. Early Settlers of Allegany County. (List of settlers in 1787: name, rank, regiment and lot number of the 50-acre lots given to Maryland soldiers serving in the Revolutionary War.) Harvey, Katherine A., editor, Lonaconing Journals: The Founding of a Coal and Iron Community, 1837-1840. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1977. Heritage Press, monthly, reprints; Volume 1, Number 1, November 1971; Volume 1, number 1, September 1972; and Number 12, Bicentennial issue. Lonaconing Post Office Record of Money Orders, 1872-1892. Payroll, Georges Creek Coal and Iron Company. 1906 June through 1907, November, and two other ledgers. Perpetual Building Association of Lonaconing, Maryland. August 28, 1875 through August 25, 1877. (Acted as a bank before there was an official one.) Richards, Thomas Witner and Sally Miller Atkinson. The Lonaconing Legacy, Its Cornish and Scottish Sons and Daughters. 2000. 384 pages. Savage, William C. "Monument to War Heroes, Pride of Lonaconing" and "Remember When" [looseleaf scrapbooks]. Scott, Harold L., Sr. Incredible, Strange, Unusual...Customs, Legends, People, Tales, Events, Cumberland and Allegany County, Maryland. Cumberland, Maryland: 2001. 144 pages. The Shield, Valley High School, Lonaconing, Maryland. Vol 1 number 1, December 22, 1954 through Volume 6, number 8, June 1, 1960. (8 issues yearly.) Stegmaier, Harry J., et al. Allegany County, a History. Allegany County Commissioners, 1976. 474 pages. Wolfe, George ("Hooper.") I Drove Mules on the C and O Canal. Dover, Delaware: Dover Graphic Associates, 1969. (Also 16 page supplement.) Cabinet Top Display Framed Items on Top of Display Cabinets F and G Central Elementary and High School, 1960. Main Street of Lonaconing, circa 1950. Newspaper clipping collage concerning Arthur Francis Smith, 1940's principal of Central High School. Memorial fountain in front of the Chesapeake and Potomac Railroad Depot, Lonaconing, 1927; fountain is now located in West Main Street parklet. Miners in front of Detmold Mining Stable, 1920. Old Jackson Mine #3 (insets of some employees), Lonaconing, early 1900's. World War I celebration for returning Lonaconing soldiers, 1919. Central High School state debating team, 1918. Detailed schematic drawing of Lonaconing Iron Furnace. Map and schematic of area rock strata; part of Dickinson display. Sloan & Son General Merchandise, company store for the Georges Creek Coal Company, 1909 calendar.