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The Shades of Death
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New photos by Steve Colby unless noted.
Last Update: March 23, 2013
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"Old Tavern Stand five miles east of Grantsville... On the eastern approach to Red Ridge. Here were the renown 'Shades of Death'..." Lacock/Weller photo, 1908. This building was on the right side of the road at the bottom of the hill. It later became the Turner residence and dairy.
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Former Thomas Frost residence.
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Former Thomas Frost residence.
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The Shades of Death. Photo by Leo Beachy. (MD State Archives)
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Later photo of the same area as the earlier Beachy photo.
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Traffic accident at the Two-Mile culvert in 1965. You can see the former Turner Dairy sign and Turner house. Looking West. (Photo: Tim Galica)
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Dairy barns of former Turner's Dairy
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Remains of the stone culvert at Two-Mile Run
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You can still see a section of the stone culvert wall at Two-Mile Run
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Cut over field in Garrett Co. MD. Searight (Late 1800s) mentions a field of stumps in the Shades area. (Photo: Library of Congress)
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Shades of Death area - Two Mile Run. There is a foundation near the group of trees in the center. It may be the old Turner Dairy.
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Shades of Death area - Two Mile Run (Foundation is on the far left)
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Shades of Death - South side of National Road
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Two-Mile Run accident, 1965. Original tone culvert walls can be seen in the foreground. (Photo: Tim Galica)
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Steam powered sawmill in Garrett Co. MD
(Photo:Library of Congress)
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