For those interested in this line: Included in the "Sesquicentennial Souvenir Program for Oakland Maryland 1849-1999, published 1999", there is article "Writers of the Moutaintop" One of the writers mentioned, along with a copy of his poem "My Letter to George Little" is John William Kimmell. "John William Kimmell was born in Deer Park on June 6, 1868, a son of the late Chauncey F. and Harriet Sinclair Kimmell. He was reared on a farm near Swallow Falls, along with his nine siblings. While a very young man, Kimmell began to work in the lumber industry, through which he developed a great love for nature and spent many hours in philosophic thought, which he later transferred to poetry. He was known as the local poet, writing about the people and scenes of the country he loved. He died on July 19, 1949, a month before the town's centennial. His wife, Edith Kimmell Starkey, later published much of his work in a booklet titled "Memories and Moods of Verse."