Posted on September 11, 2019

Maryland State Highway Administration Removes Signs Leading to ‘Negro Mountain’

Jon Brown, Washington Examiner, September 9, 2019

A spokesperson for the Maryland State Highway Administration confirmed that it removed four road signs pointing the way to Negro Mountain in Pennsylvania.

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Maryland SHA spokeswoman Lora Rakowski finally confirmed Sunday that the state government had indeed taken the signs down for the sake of racial sensitivity, {snip}.

Historians remain uncertain how the 2,740-foot peak, which lies along the Allegheny mountain range in Elk Lick Township, Pennsylvania, about 30 miles south of Somerset, earned its name. Some speculate that it was named for a black man who was killed fighting a band of Native Americans, and others posit that lynchings took place there.