Cut that wood! Pitch that tent! Camp! Camp! Camp!
Cumberland is an interesting little town of 19,000 in the far west part of Maryland. It occupies a prime location for Easterners getting through the Appalachians and heading toward the Midwest. As such, it has a long history of trails, roads, canals and railroads. It’s a little down on its luck these days, but I still found it fun and nice when I visited to ride the C&O Canal bike trail.
Allegany High School was the original high school in Cumberland, and dates back to 1887. Today, it has about 670 students.
Yup, that’s your basic high school alright
Famous alumni include the typical actors and athletes. One of these, though, is somebody I’ve actually heard of, actor William Macy. He has over 140 credits on IMdB.com, including Fargo and Boogie Nights.
As if he wasn’t unattractive enough (from the movie Shameless)
Looks like they’ve got an excellent athletics program. I count over 40 state championships, from 1927 to 2010. The boys basketball team was a particular standout, winning 7 titles between 1927 and 1937.
The mascot? Here’s what Wikipedia has to say:
“The ‘Camper’ mascot is a source of much confusion. The most widely accepted theory is that Civil War General Lew Wallace and his men began calling the site ‘Campobello’ during their time here. The word Campobello is derived from Latin, meaning ‘camp of war.’"
I don’t know if I’m buying it. I also don’t know why their mascot is an Indian chief. Guess a guy sitting in a camp chair, swatting mosquitoes, fiddlin’ with the campfire, and drinking a Bud Light just wasn’t gonna cut it.
Sure enough, the girls teams are called the Lady Campers. To confuse things even more, though, the drill team are called the Arrowettes.
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