Thomas Edison and his wife, Mina Miller Edison, share a few contemplative moments along Muddy Creek upstream from the falls. Thomas Edison, Harvey Firestone, and Henry Ford, who called themselves the Vagabonds, camped near the falls, located in scenic Garrett County, with their families for almost a week in late July, 1921.

The ratification of the 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote, celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2020. What is now being called the "Year of the Woman", will also unfold at the Victorian Chautauqua in Mountain Lake Park, MD on July 11 and 12.

Noted author and Civil War historian, Steven French will be a presenter at the 2020 Victorian Chautauqua in Mountain Lake Park on Sunday, July 12. The Hedgesville, West Virginia native is nationally recognized on Confederate guerilla warfare in the eastern-theater. He will be speaking on the importance and role of the B&O Railroad in western Maryland and what it took to keep the line up and running in the face of repeated Rebel attacks.

“We were happy to host this year's event,” said Sincell who donned a period tuxedo and top hat throughout the weekend. “Mountain Lake Park was founded as a Chautauqua community so reviving programming of this nature in our town was a perfect fit.”

"I now pronounce you man and wife," announced Charles "Chuck" Hershman who presided over the wedding of legendary, Tom Thumb and Lavinia Warren at Bethel Methodist Church in Mountain Lake Park. The 1950 lavish ceremony was a re-enactment roughly 80 years after the death of Tom Thumb, the 3-foot, 4-inch performer who rose to stardom and captured worldwide attention.

As she dug deeper, the recipe books were not all Mary discovered. She found fascinating letters from and to her great-grandmother, Lillian Byrne Morris Sincell, and at a time when most women's lives rarely strayed beyond the kitchen walls and favorite recipes.