Sunday, May 12, 2013
The Revivalist 

When I can’t find anything nice to say about DC–and there are those days–I tell people that it’s a great city to escape. Within a two hour drive, we have funky towns like Baltimore and Richmond; the broad, crab-filled waters of the Chesapeake Bay; and, of course, the hills and hollers of my homeland.

With all these options, it’s sometimes tough to pick a getaway. (I know–such a first world problem.) But when it came to ...

Wednesday, May 8, 2013
By C.J. Lovelace, Herald Mail 

Tourism in Washington County remains healthy, with annual visitation in 2012 up by about 35 percent at most local tourist attractions, according to a local tourism official.

Thomas B. Riford, president and chief executive officer of the Hagerstown-Washington County Convention and Visitors Bureau, delivered his annual report to the county Board of Commissioners on Tuesday.

“The state of the CVB is strong,” Riford told the ...

Shepherdstown, WV, one of the Canal Towns that border the C&O Canal, was named by Fox News as one of the top 10 coolest towns in America in 2013.

For the full list, visit Fox News' website.

Saturday, May 4, 2013
by John Kelly, Washington Post

One of history’s ironies is that in many places the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad put its tracks right alongside the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal. It was the new looking down, quite literally, upon the old. And it was in a window seat in a B&O observation car that John Pryor Cowan had an idea.

Cowan was from Pittsburgh, where he wrote for the Gazette. On his occasional trips to Washington, he enjoyed gazing out the window at ...

Friday, April 26, 2013
by Dan Dearth, The Herald Mail 

Williamsport, Md. — Williamsport Elementary School fourth-graders helped National Park Service officials open two new educational trails Friday morning at the C&O Canal National Historical Park in Williamsport.

Park Superintendent Kevin Brandt was among a handful of officials to welcome the fourth-graders, who were tagged at the ceremony as the future stewards of the National Park Service.

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