Loch Lynn Heights is a small community of approximately five hundred people. The town was founded by Major J. C. Alderson, of Wheeling, West Virginia, who purchased two hundred acres in 1882. For the next thirteen years, he farmed the land, and then developed it into one of several resort spots in Garrett County, giving it the name Loch Lynn. Its reputation spawned the catch phrase of the time, “If you want to sin, go to Loch Lynn, . . .” Even though the town was touted for its many pleasures, the sale of alcohol was prohibited. One of the most visited places in Loch Lynn at the turn of the 20th century was the Loch Lynn Hotel, constructed in 1893-94. No signs of those opulent days remain; the hotel burned to the ground in 1918.