Thrasher Carriage Museum

Western Maryland


A variety of horse-drawn vehicles from the late 1800s and early 1900s take the spotlight in this small museum – a branch of the Allegany Museum in Cumberland – just steps from the Frostburg Depot and the Great Allegheny Passage.


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