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From: "John W. Keating III" <>
Subject: Re: [MDGARRET] SHADES OF DEATH
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 14:29:39 -0500


Way back in February of 2004, Connie Beachy forwarded a query (see
<http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/mdallega/2004-02/1077543967>; )
to the Western Maryland genealogy lists about a tavern near the Shades
of Death in Garrett County:

> By any chance do you remember the year they tore down the old tavern
> stand along the National Road, Shades of Death in Garrett County? I had
> some newspaper articles but can't find them. I think it had to have been
> in the last 5-7 years or so.

Marilyn Robertson responded:

> There was a Log restaurant just east of Turner's dairy called Guntertown.
> They had skiing there in the winter and a tow line to get back up the hill.
> They also had a few cabins. Dave Gunter was the owner. . My Mother
> worked there in the "40s

I've been going through pictures that belonged to my grandmother, and
found the following picture (
<http://flickr.com/photos/keating/2068694263/>; ) of Guntertown. My
grandmother, Sara Elizabeth (Pope) Keating, was raised in that area of
Garrett County.

I wonder, beyond geographical proximity, if Guntertown had any
significance to my family?

Sláinte Mhath!
John

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