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A Member of the Garrett County Chamber of Commerce
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About MLP
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| Almost a century and a half ago the town of Mountain Lake Park, Maryland was founded by a group of businessmen and Methodist ministers from Wheeling, West Virginia. They were inspired to create a Chautauqua resort that would be based strictly on Christian principles. A chautauqua is an educational and recreational assembly with a program that includes lectures and concerts modeled after the original summer schools inaugurated at Chautauqua, New York in 1874. Many of these chautauquas were established to promote Christian principles. They came upon eight hundred acres known as Hoye's Big Pasture and were inpressed by the picturesque scenery, the cool, clean mountain air, and the convenient train service. The men saw this as an ideal place to refresh the body as well as the soul. |
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| The men soon founded the Mountain Lake Park Association and promptly purchased the land for a sum of four-thousand six hundred and seventy-two dollars. They renamed the area Mountain Lake Park. The 800 acres on which Mountain Lake Park was developed sat between Oakland, a commercial town in the cool summer mountains on the main line of the railway, and Deer Park, home to the Deer Park Hotel, |
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| a posh railroad-built hotel of which there were many at the time. Homes and businesses, a lake, and other attractions soon sprang up in the area.
Mountain Lake Park is a fine example of a Victorian Resort that grew out of two American activities in the nineteenth century. One being the Independent Chautauqua, the other the Methodist Camp Meeting. These activities usually came about around lakes or in wooded area, they quickly spread to small towns across the country.
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Visitors who came for the summer traveled by horse and carriage or by train. The MLP Association welcomed many visitors, some of whom decided to purchase land and build cottages, while others stayed in boarding houses or hotels. Christian principles were promoted and covenants were established for those living and visting here which prohibited gambling, card playing, dancing, and the use or sale of alcohol. People emerging from the Mtn. Lake Park |
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| Train Station would have noticed across the tracks in Loch Lynn Heights, up on a hill overlooking Mountain Lake Park, the Loch Lynn Hotel where, dancing, gambling, and drinking of alcoholic beverages took place. A saying developed that went: "If you want to sin, go to Loch Lynn; but for Jesus sake, come to Mountain Lake." |
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| The town of Mountain Lake Park currently has a population of just under 2,500 and is a tranquil small town in the mountains of Western Maryland. People have traveled to the area for years in search of relaxation and a break from the city life. Many residents have summer homes in Mountain Lake Park and retreat to warmer climate in the winter. So come join us, your invited to come and see the historic sites, Victorian houses, and beautiful scenery of Mountain Lake Park, Maryland! |
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