Let's take a quick tour through the history of Garrett, PA, a cozy little borough nestled at the junction of Buffalo Creek and the Casselman River in Somerset County.

Garrett has been around since 1869, officially becoming an entity in 1900. The town is named after John Work Garrett, president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in the mid-1800s.

The town was once a bustling railroad hub where the B&O Railroad's Pittsburgh line shook hands with the Buffalo Valley Railroad Company's 8.5-mile line connecting to

Berlin. Later, the B&O purchased the Buffalo Valley RR.

It prospered from the railroads and featured several hotels, an opera house, an art gallery, and a music studio. A trolley line connected Garrett with Meyersdale.

The Western Maryland Railroad came to Garrett in 1911. Today, where those tracks once lay is the Great Allegheny Passage. This epic 150-mile stretch of biking and hiking bliss connects Cumberland, Maryland, to Pittsburgh.

Railroad mergers ultimately created CSX Transportation, with the mainline going through Garrett. CSX donated the former Berlin branch to Somerset County to create a new trail.

That link is now a critical junction of the 9/11 Memorial Trail and the Great Allegheny Passage.

In the coming years, the former RR grade to Berlin will be the path of the 9/11 Trail to

Berlin and the Flight 93 Memorial. When completed, The September 11th National Memorial Trail, a 1,300-mile multi-use route, will link the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and the Flight 93 Memorial to embrace the commemorative history of September 11, 2001.