8 dpe Ee OF ASK MR. H. A. LORADITCH PRESIDENT BOARD OF EDUCATION GARRETT COUNTY. MR. F. E. RATHBUN, SUPERINTENDENT PUBLIC SCHOOLS f GARRETT COUNTY HISTORICAL SKETCH ARRETT County was formed from the western part of Allegany County by an Act of the General Assembly of Maryland passed April 1, 1872, and ratified by a vote of the people at the election held on November 5, 1872. The division was made because Allegany County officials found that it was too expensive and too difficult to collect taxes, summon witnesses and regulate other matters in the remote and unde- veloped parts of the county. Three places—Oakland, McHenry and Grantsville—bid for the county seat. Quite a contest ensued, but Oakland won out. Oakland has grown more rapidly than these other places, becoming the commercial center of the county, thus justifying its selection as the political center as well. In 1877 the County Commissioners awarded a contract to Burton Bush for the erection of a court house. This building was built on a hill overlooking the business section of the town. It may be of interest to note that the County Commissioners at that time were Isaiah Boucher, Henry Winterberg and John E. Gnagey. A jail of red brick was erected at the rear of the court house at the same time. This building was afterwards sold, remodeled and stuccoed. It is now owned by Mrs. Nellie Maffett. Perhaps the most interesting of all events pertaining to the old court house and jail was the conviction, escape, capture and hanging of a negro murderer. It was the only legal execution that ever took place in Garrett County. In 1907, due to the development of the county, it was found that the facilities for handling the business transactions of the county were in- adequate, so in 1907 a contract for a new court house was given out. The present court house was then built and the old structure was not used as a court house again. In 1910 the Oakland High School was transferred from the building now
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