Blue Ridge Summit Travel Guide

Blue Ridge Summit is a town in southcentral Pennsylvania, located at 39.72° North, 77.47° West. Blue Ridge Summit is in Franklin County, Pennsylvania near the Maryland border, southwest of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Its ZIP code is 17214, and its telephone area code is 717. Route 16 runs through it.
The following excerpts are taken from the book "Blue Ridge Summit" by John Howard McClellan
Blue Ridge Summit is notable for being the place of birth of Wallis Simpson, the late wife of The Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor. It is also home to one of the 15 oldest golf courses in the United States. Built before 1885, the Monterey Country Club has served as a summer retreat for many Washingtonians, and American Presidents Woodrow Wilson, Calvin Coolidge and Dwight D. Eisenhower have all played the Monterey Country Club course.
Local History During The Gettysburg Campaign
At the time of the Gettysburg Campaign of 1863, there were several cavalry skirmishes in and around Emmitsburg, Maryland - including Fountain Dale, and Monterey pass.
On June 22nd the first skirmish occurred along the Monterey Mountain pass near Blue Ridge Summit. An armed civilian militia encountered a detachment of Confederates under General Albert G. Jenkins. The militia was forced to retreat after a very brief skirmish. General Jenkins and his Confederate troops withdrew toward Hagerstown joining General Richard S. Ewell, who was advancing with a larger force.http://www.emmitsburg.net/archive_list/articles/history/civil_war/short_history_of_civil_way.htm (...) more....

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