 The arrival of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and Romney Depot to Depot Valley brought residential development on the hilltops to the west and east of Valley . On September 27 , 1911 , George Edward Harmison ( 1863 – 1916 ) conducted a public auction of Valley View farm 's fields atop Yellow Banks overlooking the South Branch Potomac River . The land was located atop the hill to the west of Valley . Harmison subdivided the fields into lots , and the planned development was known as the Valley View Addition to Romney . Harmison sold 21 of the land lots at the auction , and several lots were sold privately . A free lot was given to J. H. Newhouse , and Harmison set aside two lots on a bluff for the site of a future hospital , which he planned to deed to any entity willing to build one . 
