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Garrett, PA - History
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Welcome to the Garrett Home page. The Garrett Home page provides as much information as possible on Garrett. Knowing Garrett’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Garrett’s Home page, you will also find Garrett’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.
Garrett has a population of 430. 59.3% of Garrett’s inhabitants are Male, and 40.7 are female. 47.9% of Garrett is married and 82.9% own their own home. The Average Home price is $60,376, and the average rent is $950. Household median income in Garrett is $46,071, and the individual median income is $21,964. Garrett’s Ethnic is the following: White(85.6%), Multiple(14.4%).
Garrett was first settled in 1869 and was incorporated in 1900. Garrett is named for the president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad John Work Garrett. John W. Garrett served as president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad from 1858–1884 and was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on July 31, 1820. He was the second son of Elizabeth Stouffer and Robert Garrett.
He married Rachel Ann Harrison, the daughter of Thomas Harrison, a Baltimore merchant. They had one daughter, Mary and two sons, Robert and Thomas Harrison Garrett. During the height of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Garrett served as the junction of its Pittsburgh Division with its Berlin branch. The Berlin Branch Railroad was originally built by the Buffalo Valley Railroad Company in 1871.
This 8.5 mile branch line connected Berlin to the main B&O line (also known as the Pittsburgh & Connellsville Railroad) as it passed through Garrett, and it was taken over by the B&O itself in 1880. There were seven stations located along the Berlin branch as it ran northeast along the Buffalo Creek valley: Garrett, Burkholder, Buchle, Bitner, Pine Hill, Hanger's, and Berlin.
A view of Garrett appeared in a collection of photographs from along the B&O's lines that was published in book form in 1872 and digitized by the DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University.The Western Maryland Railroad ran in an East to West direction on the Brooklyn side of Garrett. It is the current site of the Great Allegheny Passage.
A 150-mile system of biking and hiking trails connecting Cumberland, Maryland, and Pittsburgh that was constructed on the former Western Maryland railroad bed. The Connellsville Extension of the Western Maryland Railroad was built west from Cumberland, Maryland, to Connellsville, Pennsylvania, beginning around 1906 and was completed in 1912.
In 1964, the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O) and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) jointly filed for permission to acquire control of the Western Maryland Railway with the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC). In 1973, as part of the Chessie System, the Western Maryland ownership went to C&O and it was operated by the B&O.
In 1987, it was merged into the C&O which itself became part of CSX Transportation.
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