Education in Cresaptown, and the Eckhart Alternative School in Eckhart Mines. Allegany County is also home to three Christian parochial schools: Bishop Walsh School (Catholic) in Cumberland, Lighthouse Christian Academy (non-denominational) in Cumberland, and Calvary Christian Academy (non-denominational) in Cresaptown. Allegany County is home to Frostburg State University, one of the eleven member universities of the University System of Maryland, and the only public, four-year university in Maryland west of the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area. The university, founded in 1898 as the Frostburg State Normal School, FSU, as the university is known to students and alumni, now offers more than 40 undergraduate majors and has a yearly enrollment consistently over 5,000 students. A junior college experience is available in Allegany County with the Allegany College of Maryland, located in Cumberland. Allegany College provides more than 50 associate degree programs and more than 20 certificate programs, and has more than 3,500 enrollees and more than 16,000 registrants in its Continuing Education programs. ACM also operates a satellite campus in Everett, Pennsylvania, about 30 miles north of Cumberland in Bedford County. Natural resources The primary mineral resources extracted for use in Allegany County are coal, iron, sandstone, and limestone. Coal bearing formations are concentrated in the Georges Creek Basin in the western part of the county. Notable residents Thomas Cresap (c. 1702–c. 1790), frontiersman and militia leader, who founded Oldtown and widened Nemacolin's Trail, which led west from Cumberland. Michael Cresap (1742–1775), born in Allegany County, American Revolutionary War officer. Patrick Hamill (1817–1895), born in Allegany County, United States Congressman from Maryland. Lloyd Lowndes former Governor of Maryland. Lefty Grove (1900–1975), born and raised in Lonaconing; Hall of Fame baseball pitcher with the Philadelphia Athletics and Boston Red Sox. William H. Macy (1950–), American actor. Sam Perlozzo, former manager of the Baltimore Orioles (2005–2007). Leo Mazzone, former pitching coach of the Baltimore Orioles and the Atlanta Braves. Casper R. Taylor, Jr., former Speaker of the House in the Maryland House of Delegates. Eddie Deezen, (1957–), American Actor. Ty Johnson (American football), (1997–), Running Back - Detroit Lions. Drew Hankinson, AKA "Luke Gallows", (1983–) American Professional Wrestler See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Allegany County, Maryland Sandy Creek may not be mentioned here. Here is a reference that it existed (the letter symbols at the end of the reference are defined in a table at the end of Keegan's book) A