by Katelin Rank | Dec 15, 2025
The intersection of Glendale Road and Rt. 219 has been a popular location for restaurants, bars, custards stands, gas stations and mini golf. The Butts brothers owned and ran the custard stand and mini golf course with the memorable “swinging beam” hole....
by Katelin Rank | Dec 15, 2025
In 1991, Smiley’s began expanding Smiley’s Fun Zone, Smiley’s Bar and Grill aka Smiley’s Pizzeria, Frontier Mini-Golf , two go-cart tracks, bumper boats, batting cages, lazer tag and arcades. In 2021, Smiley’s sold to DCL Adventures which now goes by Deep Creek Lake...
by Katelin Rank | Dec 15, 2025
Tom and Sara Kuhn have been entertaining children of all ages at Funland Family amusement center and arcade, located at Deep Creek Lake. In 1971 they bought four acres of land in McHenry to build the amusement. Tom said they drained the swamp and used fill dirt to...
by Katelin Rank | Dec 15, 2025
The very first Garrett County Fair was held in 1917 in the Naylor Building on Third Street in Oakland on the lot between that building and Center Street. Several years of bad weather during fair week resulted in financial losses, and the 15th annual Garrett County...
