from the French. Braddock Road cut through the wilderness following Nemacolin's path 1755: George Washington appointed Commander of the Virginia Regiment stationed at Fort Cumberland following General Braddock's death 1775: American Revolutionary War (1775–1783) 1789: Allegany County, Maryland created from Washington County, Maryland. 1795: Federal government sited post office at Cumberland 1799: First Allegany County Public School incorporated 1811: National Road construction begins following the same route as Braddock Road from Fort Cumberland to Fort Necessity 1812: War of 1812 1815: City of Cumberland incorporated 1818: National Road completed from Cumberland to Wheeling, West Virginia 1828: Chesapeake and Ohio Canal construction begins 1835: Georges Creek Coal and Iron Company formed 1839: National Road completed from Cumberland to Vandalia, Illinois 1842: Baltimore & Ohio Railroad reaches Cumberland 1850: Chesapeake & Ohio Canal reaches Cumberland 1850: Emmanuel Episcopal Church built 1861: American Civil War (1861–1865) 1862: Confederate cavalry entered Cumberland 1871: Queen City Hotel built 1872: Allegany County is the third most populated county in the state leading to the formation of Garrett County, Maryland from Allegany County, Maryland 1873: Allegany County coal miners established Protective and Benevolent Association 1873: Baltimore & Ohio Railroad opens Deer Park Hotel, Garrett County 1874: City Hall & Academy of Music built (destroyed by fire in 1910) 1877: Baltimore & Ohio Railroad strike; workers went on strike along line and stopped rail service at Cumberland, rioters attacked state troops in Baltimore that were headed to Cumberland 1878: History of Cumberland (Maryland) published by Lowdermilk 1880: Warren Glass Works Company founded (operating until 1913 under various names) 1884: Cumberland Glass Works founded (operating until 1920 under various names) 1889: Floodwaters inundated Cumberland 1890: Cumberland Brewing Company founded (1890–1958) 1890: Second National Bank constructed on Baltimore St 1891: Cumberland Electric Railway Opened (1891–1924) 1893: old Allegany Courthouse burns down, City Hall used as temporary Courthouse 1893: Construction of new Allegany Courthouse designed by Wright Butler begins 1897: Rosenbaum Brothers Department Store built (1899–1973) 1901: German Brewing Company founded (1901–1974) 1906: Western Maryland Railway reaches Cumberland 6 October 1907, a local man, William Burns in lynched by a mob that had pulled him from his jail cell. 1910: City Hall and Academy of Music destroyed by fire 1911: Present day City Hall built 1911: Brush Tunnel finished 1912: First National Bank constructed on Baltimore St 1912: Cumberland Bone Cave discovered 1913: Western Maryland Railway Station opens 1914: World War