1876 Alleganian articles - canal

This compilation of newspaper articles about the C. & O. Canal is one of a series. The Cumberland newspaper was found on microfilm at Frostburg State University, Frostburg, MD and at Allegany College of Maryland, Cumberland, MD. I did not include newspaper editorials because those were opinion pieces. The report does offer a glimpse of life on the Canal in 1876.

The attached document was transcribed from The Cumberland Alleganian & Daily Times, a newspaper of Cumberland, Md., for the year 1876. The newspaper account provides insight into life on the Canal in 1876, even though every edition of the newspaper was not found, and of those which were found, not all included an article on the Canal or information on canal traffic. This is a companion document to: "Canal Trade 1876" which was transcribed from the same newspaper.