Description
Located between Meadow Mountain and Winding Ridge in Garrett County, MD and Somerset County, PA; extends NE from Deep Creek Lake, MD to 2 mi. NE of the Casselman River in PA; NE end at 395416N 0790428W, SW end at 393232N 0791959W.
History
Reportedly named for a brave servant of Colonel Thomas Cresap, a pre-Revolutionary frontiersman whose party fought a group of Indians in a territorial battle; the servant died in battle. A proposal to change the name Negro Mountain to Black Hero Mountain was submitted in March 1992; the U.S. BGN rejected the proposal on 8 September 1994, siding with local and State government agencies who were against changing a longstanding name which was intended to honor a local individual.