Posted on 02/06/2011 5:01:36 PM PST by Viking2002
CUMBERLAND — Two local mountains need new names, a group of state senators say, and they want a commission created to select new monikers for Negro Mountain and Polish Mountain which “reflect more accurately the history and culture of the region within which they are located.”
None of the nine senators sponsoring Senate Joint Resolution 3 represent the region where the two mountains rise in the Allegheny Mountain range, with Negro Mountain in Garrett County reaching a height of 3,075 feet and Polish Mountain in Allegany County climbing 1,783 feet from sea level.
The senate resolution isn’t too popular with the legislators who do represent those who live on and near the mountains.
“It’s just asinine,” said Delegate Kevin Kelly. Kelly wondered why Polish Mountain ended up in the resolution. “I’m of Irish descent. We’d love to have a mountain named after us. Let’s rename it Irish Mountain,” he quipped. State Sen. George Edwards and Delegate Wendell Beitzel joined in the skepticism.
“I grew up on Negro Mountain and have a farm on Negro Mountain. I don’t know why people in the Baltimore area are so worried about it,” said Beitzel. The mountain, he said, was actually named in the language of the time in tribute to a black man’s heroism.
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I actually drove by the Toad Suck Park sign (or one just like it) on I-40 westbound on the way to the Grand Canyon and California in 2005! It’s as funny in real life as it is in the picture, too.
How about “Agnew Mountain” and “Ehrlich Mountain?”
OK, maybe not.
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