Allegany County . 1. —Till, H >K (IX I ML N. ?ic. •, \V1; VIEWS OF ALLEGANY COUNTV. MARYLAXD GE0IX)G1CAL SURVEY 61 tlie former in It^oO. These surveys, references to wliieli are oivenin the bibliographv, added mncli to the general knowledge of thephvsiogTaphy and gave considerable detailed information concerningthe character of the rocks and their folded condition, bnt there appearsto have been little attention given to the pnrely scientific stndy of thegeology of the area. During the autumn of 1831, Samuel Whyllvs Pomeroy traveledthrough the county and ma
Allegany County . 1. —Till, H >K (IX I ML N. ?ic. •, \V1; VIEWS OF ALLEGANY COUNTV. MARYLAXD GE0IX)G1CAL SURVEY 61 tlie former in It^oO. These surveys, references to wliieli are oivenin the bibliographv, added mncli to the general knowledge of thephvsiogTaphy and gave considerable detailed information concerningthe character of the rocks and their folded condition, bnt there appearsto have been little attention given to the pnrely scientific stndy of thegeology of the area. During the autumn of 1831, Samuel Whyllvs Pomeroy traveledthrough the county and made some hasty observations on the geologyalong the Xational Road, particularly in the vicinity of Cumberlandand Frostburg (2). In ?? Some Xotices of the Geology of the Country between Balti-more and the Ohio River, with a Section illustrating the Superposi-tion of the Rocks, by William E. A. Aiken, published in theAmerican Journal of Science, volume xxv, 183-t, we have one of theearliest attempts to explain the structure of the mountains and toc
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