U.S. Route 40 - "Good-By To Garrett" (February 18, 1963)

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"Good-By To Garrett"

By Edwin Hirschmann
Baltimore Sun (evening edition)
February 18, 1963

Discusses the transferral of the 16th milepost (originally located west of Frostburg) to the Smithsonian Institution.

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