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A number of inhabitants of Milford township petitioned the court at August term, 1793, for " a publiek Road through part of the said Town- ship, viz., from Thomas Harris' Mill, down the Tuscarora Valley, the nearest and best way, un- til it intersects the Great Road at the east end of Daniel Okeson's lane." Viewers were ap- pointed, and on their report the court, at its No- vember term in the same year, ordered the road laid out and opened.
At the same sessions the court ordered the laying out and opening of "a Road from Mr. James Eakins' (Aitkins'), on Juniata River, to James Henderson's; from thence to the Northumberland Road," at Hamilton's Mill, about six and three-fourths miles.
At November sessions, 1793, the court, on report of viewers, ordered laid out a road com- meneing at the Huntingdon County line, and running thence, by various courses and distances, "to the Center of Lewis Town."
At the same sessions the court ordered laid out and opened " a road from the fording of Juniata, at Milllin Town, to intersect the road leading to Northumberland, by Hugh MeAlister's, at the side of the Widow Mitchell's plantation."
At the same court sundry inhabitants of Mil-
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ford township presented a petition for " a Road from the plantation of James MeEllary to the landing at the mouth of John Wilson's Run."
In 1794 the following roads were laid out by order of the court :
At the January session, " A Road from John Kyle's house, in Armagh Township, to the Rev. James Johnston's." " Also, "A Road from John Cooper's, of Armagh Township, to intersect the Penn's Valley Road, near the Rev. James Johnston's Meeting-House."
At April sessions, " A Road from James Mays' Mill, to intersect Mr. McKee's road, at Charles Hardy's, in Derry Township." (James Mayes resided at Yeagertown.)
August sessions : Upon the return of Wil- liam Sharon, William Cunningham, John Hen- derson (cooper), Samuel Burge, Hugh MeCal- ister and David Davidson, viewers, -a road in Fermanagh township, "from John Watson's Mill, to interscet the road leading to Sunbury, at John Hamilton's Mill, on Lost Creek." (John Watson's mill was later known as the Cuba Mills.)
On the return of viewers appointed at the preceding April sessions, " a road from John Lyons', in said county, through the Town of Mifflinburgh, to John McClelland's old Ferry, cross the Juniata."
Upon the return of viewers appointed at the sessions in April, 1794, "a Public Waggon- Road from the Extremity of the Huntingdon road, at the county line, above James Mateer's, to Poe's Mill, on the West Branch of Kishaco- quillas, in Union Township."
Upon the return of viewers appointed at the preceding April sessions, " a road from the west end of William Beale's Lane, passing near Hugh Hart's place, to the Huntingdon line, on a di- rection to William Goose Horn's."
At November sessions, upon the return of viewers appointed at the April sessions of the same year, on a petition by inhabitants of the upper part of Wayne township, "a road from the south-east corner of John Uneles' Meadow to the mouth of the lane west of John Culbert- son's barn."
At the January term, 1795, on the return of viewers appointed at the August term, 1794,
reported " a road from William Thompson's to Abraham Wells', and from said Thompson's to Tuscarora Center Meeting-House."
August, 1795, upon return made by viewers appointed at the preceding April term, on a petition of sundry inhabitants of Wayne town- ship, reported "a road beginning at George Hanniwalt's, in that township, and running thence, by various courses, to Samuel Holliday's mill."
January term, 1796, upon return made by viewers appointed at the August term of 1795, on a petition by sundry inhabitants of Milford township, " a publiek road from William Camp- bell's Grist-Mill, in Millford Township, to in- tersect the Great Road already laid out down Tuscarora Valley, to Joseph McClelland, Es- quire's Ferry, at John Lyon's Spring-House." Also, "a road the nearest and best way from the said William Campbell's Mill to the river Juni- ata, intersecting the great road leading from Abraham Wells' to Mifflintown, near said Mill, to strike the river at or near the half Falls, nearly opposite "Squire Taylor's."
On a return by viewers appointed at Novem- ber sessions, 1795, a public road beginning at the upper end of the Main Street of Mifflintown, " thence along the same south five degrees and one-fourth of a degree, east one hundred and eighty perches, through said town and across Deep Hollow and the Widow Harris' orchard, till it intersects the old road leading to George Patterson's Mill," at Mexico.
At April term, 1796, on return by viewers ap- pointed at January term next preceding, on pe- tition of sundry inhabitants of Mifflinburg, a road from Market Street, on the northeast side of that town, the nearest and best way to inter- seet the Northumberland road, on the near side of Robert Nelson's, in Fermanagh township.
On return by viewers appointed on memorial of inhabitants of Derry township, presented at January sessions, 1796, a road "beginning at the road already laid out from Lewistown up thro' Ferguson's Valley to ye Township line between William and John Mekce's ; thence to run parallel with Brightwell's Run, the nearest and best way, till it intersects the River Juni- ata, at or near the mouth of said run."
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Upon the return made by reviewers appoint- ed at the term in January preceding, the court ordered the laying out and opening of a road " beginning at Mifflintown, opposite McClelland's Ferry," and running thence, by a great number of courses and distances, as described in the ree- ord, " to the old Northumberland road, and at Hugh MeCallister's Dwelling-House."
At August term, 1796, upon a return made by reviewers appointed at the April term of 1794, "a road from low-water mark, opposite Bell's Landing, to where the road is laid out up the river at the Huntingdon County line."
On a return made by viewers appointed at the August term, 1795, on the petition of sun- dry inhabitants of Wayne township, the court ordered the opening and laying out of "a pub- lick road from the great road leading from Summerville's Mill to Marshal Standley's, down by Nathaniel Standley's and Joseph Culter's, till it intersects the great road at James Stack- pole's leading to Lewistown."
At November sessions, 1796, on a return by reviewers appointed at the January term, 1796, " a road from the great road leading from James Aitken's to Hamilton's Mill, on Lost Creek ; beginning at the land possessed by Mi- chael Moore, thence to Peter Sturgeon's Mill, on Lost Creek."
James Aitkins resided in the Long Narrows, and Peter Sturgeon's mill was near Jericho, in Fermanagh.
On a return by viewers appointed at the pre- ceding April term, the court ordered the lay- ing out and opening of a road " from the house of James Johnson, in Wayne township, to John Culbertson's Mill."
At January session, 1797, on a return by viewers appointed at the sessions in the preced- ing November, a road " from a leaning pine- tree on the Cove Hill, in Armagh township, standing on the south side of Mitchell's road, the nearest and best way to James McFarlane's Mill."
On a return by viewers appointed at April sessions, 1797, the court ordered the laying out and opening of " a road leading out of the great road leading from Mifflintown to Sunbury, Be- ginning at the end of the Revª Hugh MeGill's
lane, past his house, the nearest and best way, to George Patterson Esqr's Mill." (Rev. Hugh McGill resided near the Cedar Spring Meeting- House, in Walker township, and George Patter- son's mill was at Mexico.)
At August sessions, 1797, upon a return made at the January term, 1797, by viewers of " the river road from the borough of Lewistown to Huntingdon," the court confirmed and or- dered the laying out and opening of the road " from the Huntingdon line to John Culbert- son's mill, in Wayne township, and from James Stackpole's, in said township, to Lewistown; beginning at the lower end of Jack's Narrows," and thence, by a great number of courses and distances, "to the west end of Water street ; thence along said street eighteen perches to the end of Main street; thence along the Main street seventy-two perches to the Market-House in Lewistown."
At November sessions, 1797, upon a return by viewers appointed at the preceding April sessions, the court ordered the laying out and opening of " a public road, the nearest and best way, from the bridge on Kishacoquillas Creek, opposite Lewistown, through Jack's Valley, to meet or intersect the great road leading from Beaver Dam township, in Northumberland Coun- ty. ... Beginning at the bridge on the bank of the aforesaid creek," and thence running, by a great number of courses and distances, as de- seribed, to the Northumberland line.
Upon return by viewers appointed at April sessions, 1797, "a road, beginning at John Lyttle's Mill," and running thence, by various courses, to intersect "the road leading from McClelland's Ferry up the Tuscarora Valley."
On return by viewers appointed at the August term preceding, the court ordered the vacation of a certain part of the Huntingdon road, and the laying out and opening, in lieu thereof, of a road beginning at the Huntingdon County line, and running thence, by numerous described courses and distances, to a point " on the Kisha- coquillas great road."
Upon a return by viewers appointed at the August sessions, a road " beginning at a black oak near Mr. Potter's mill, in Penn's Valley," and running thence, by many described courses
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and distances, to " the Meeting-House in Kisha- coquillas Valley, near the Revd James John- ston's."
On a return by viewers appointed at April sessions, 1796, a road beginning at Joseph Strode's mill, and thence, as described by course and distance, to " the great road at Captain Wil- liam Armstrong's, in Derry township."
On a return by viewers appointed at August term next preceding, the court ordered the lay- ing out and opening of a road "beginning at John Patterson's store," and thence running, by described courses and distances, " to the moun- tain road, at or near Hogg's Gap."
At January session, 1798, the court order- ed the laying out and opening of " a public road from the north end of the Main street of Lewis- town, to intersect the road laid out leading through Ferguson's Valley." The return was made by viewers appointed at the April sessions in 1797.
At April sessions, 1798, the court ordered the laying out and opening of a road "beginning at King's road, near Gilson's mill," in Mil- ford township, and running thence, by described courses and distances, "to Gray's road, to inter- seet between James Gray, deceased, and James Smith's." Return made by viewers appointed at the January term, 1798.
At August sessions, 1798, the court order- ed laid out and opened a road beginning at William Junkin's mill, and running thence, by numerous described courses and distances, to in- terseet " the great road leading from Lewistown to Huntingdon." (William Junkin's mill was in Bratton township.)
At November sessions, 1799, upon a return by viewers appointed at the August sessions, 1799, the court ordered the laying out and opening of a road in Milford township, "be- ginning at Juniata River, opposite James Ait- kin's," and running thence, by a number of courses and distances, as described, to William MeCrum's mill, on Licking Creek.
On a return by viewers appointed at August sessions, 1799, on petition of inhabitants of Milford township, the court ordered the laying out and opening of a road beginning " near Law- rence King's saw-mill, in the laid out road lead-
ing from Joseph McClelland's, Esq., to Tus- carora Mountain ;" thence, by several described courses and distances, " to a post by the main street of the town of St. Tammany " (old Port Royal).
On a return made by viewers appointed at June term preceding, the court ordered a road laid out and opened, beginning at Nathaniel Standley's, near the Juniata River; thence across the river and by several courses to the south end of Water Street, in Waynesburg; thence to the north end of the same street ; thence by two courses to the Lewistown and Huntingdon road, " fourteen perches below Holliday's Mill; " this road being granted " on the petition of Sundry inhabitants of the County of Mifflin, stating therein that themselves and the upper end of the county labor under great disadvantages for want of a road or crossing-place over Juniata River, there being no convenient crossing-place for waggons from Lewistown to Jack's Nar- rows."
At November sessions, 1801, on a return made by reviewers appointed at the August sessions in 1801, " on a petition of Sundry in- habitants of Greenwood and Fermanagh town- ships," praying for a road " from the Sunbury road, near William McCallister's, by his mer- chant mill, thence to intersect the public road leading from Lost Creek to Juniata, at the head of Jordan's Narrows," the court ordered the laying out and opening of a road beginning at the head of Jordan's Narrows, and running thence, by numerous courses and distances, as described, to a point of interscetion with the Sunbury road. (William McAllister's mill was then in Greenwood township, now in Fayette and known as Brown's Mill. Jordan's Nar- rows was the Long Narrows.)
The roads here given are all in Union and Snyder Counties.
In 1801, Abraham Eyerly and Daniel Rees laid out a road in Buffalo Valley from Jenkins' mill to where it joins the road from Mifflinburg to Lewistown.
At November sessions, 1802, a road was laid out from Milion, by way of the ferry at Orr's or John Boal's (Miller's place now ) ; thence through Boal's and Heckle's land, crossing Lit-
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tle Buffalo at William Clingan's, Buffalo Creek near Chamberlin's mill; thence to the Derrs town and Mifflinburg road.
In 1803 a road was laid out from Jenkins' mill to Michael Smith's house, in East Buffalo.
A road was laid out in April, 1805, from the west line of Andrew Billmyer's, by Mary Har- ris', to interscet the road from Derrstown to Japhet Morton's. This is the road from Kep- hart's to the turnpike, past W. L. Harris'. Hugh Wilson, Daniel Rees and John Brice were the viewers.
In 1814 the following roads were laid out : From Mortonsville, by Hugh Wilson's and Derr's mill, etc., two and one-half miles ; from Rockey's mill to Reznor's saw-mill, five miles ; from Reznor's saw-mill to the Brush Valley and Mifflinburg road, four miles, one hundred and forty-one perches.
The first of them was vacated in 1830, and the Turtle Creek road from Mortonsville was extended to the turnpike.
On the 29th of March, 1824, an act was passed to lay out a State road from Bellefonte, by way of Sugar Valley, to the river, at the mouth of White Deer Creek.
On the 10th of April, 1826, a turnpike com- pany was incorporated to make a road from the bridge at Lewisburgh to Mifflinburg. William Hayes, Jones Geddes, Jacob Maize, Henry Roush and Jones Duncan were appointed com- missioners to receive subscriptions. The course was surveyed September 11, 1828, and was eight miles and thirty-four perches in length. The contract for building it was let January 27, 1829, to John Maclay. It was completed in December of that year.
In 1828 the Union County Court ordered a road laid out from Lewisburg to Selinsgrove, and in May of the next year James F. Linn surveyed and laid out the road along the river.
The court records of the different counties make mention of many roads, part of which are now in use, others that are abandoned, and many that were not opened, even after order of court to that effect.
TURNPIKES-STAGE-LINES .- The first agi- tation for the construction of a turnpike in this territory was in 1806. Petitions were
made to the Legislature, asking for a charter to construct a turnpike from Harrisburg to Pitts- burgh along the Juniata River. In accordance with this petition, an aet was passed incorporat- ing the company, March 4, 1807, with power to build a road from Harrisburg to Lewistown. It was later extended. The incorporators who lived in the limits of this territory were David Davidson, William Thompson, Dr. Ezra Doty, James Knox, John Brown, George MeClelland, John Norris and John Bratton, of Mifflin County. The west end was built first and completed about 1818. On May 14, 1821, books were opened for subscription to build the east end, which was completed about 1825. The road from Clarke's Ferry (now Duncannon) ran past the old Woodhull tavern and crossed the Juniata River at James Powers' ferry (now the farm of Oliver Rice, in Oliver township), passed up the east side of the Juniata River, through Millerstown, Thompsontown, Mexico, Milllin- town, the Long Narrows, Lewistown and, Jater, Mc Veytown, Mt. Union and to Huntingdon.
Judge William Brown presented to the Legislature a petition of the inhabitants of Mifflin County praying that a company might be incorporated for the purpose of making an artificial road or turnpike from the court-house in Lewistown to the house of Alexander Reed, in Kishocoquillas Valley. The petition was re- ferred to the Committee on Roads and Inland Navigation, who reported favorably. An act to incorporate was passed January 3, 1813. William P. Maclay, Andrew Keiser, John Alex- ander, Robert Means, William Brown, Jr., James Milliken, John McDowell, Richard Hope and James Potter were appointed commissioners to obtain subscriptions. The commissioners ad- vertised to open books October 11th in that year, at the house of James Kinsloc, in Lewistown ; Alexander Reed, in Kishacoquillas Valley ; John Kerr, in Penn's Valley ; and Evan Miles, in Bellefonte. The turnpike was built and is now used.
Soon after the turnpike company was incor- porated a company was organized to run a line of stages from Harrisburg to Alexandria. The proprietors were John Walker, John MeCon- nell, George Galbreath, of Waynesburg (now
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Me Veytown), George Mulhollen, John M. Davison, Thomas Cochran, of Millerstown, and Robert Clarke, of Clarke's Ferry. The company was known as the Juniata Stage Com- pany. The following circular was issued as the advertisement of this first stage-line in the territory which forms our subject :
"JUNIATA MAIL STAGE .- The Subscribers beg leave to inform the Publick that on the 3d of May next their Stage will commence running from Harris- burgh, by the way of Clark's Ferry, Millerstown, Thompsontown, Mitllintown, Lewistown, Waynes- burgh and Huntingdon, to Alexandria once a week. Leaves the house of Mr. Berryhill, in Harrisburgh, every Tuesday at one o'clock P.M., and arrives at Alexandria on Friday following. Returning, leaves Alexandria every Saturday morning and arrives at Harrisburgh on Tuesday evening.
"As the Company have procured elegant and con- venient carriages, good horses and careful drivers, they flatter themselves that the passage of those who please to favour them with their custom will be rendered safe, easy and agreeable. Fare for travelers, six cents a mile, each entitled to fourteen pounds of Baggage gratis; one hundred and fifty pounds of Baggage equal to one passenger.
"JOHN WALKER. "JOHN MCCONNELL. " GEORGE GALBRAITH. "GEORGE MULHOLLAN. "JOHN M. DAVIDSON. " THOMAS COCHRAN. " ROBERT CLARK. "April 14, 1808.
"N. B .- Horses and Chairs will be procured at the different towns for those Passengers who wish to go off' the road or proceed further than Alexandria."
This was the pioneer line of stages, and the first stage-coach was named the "Experiment " and began its trips May 3, 1808, as advertised, leaving Harrisburg every Tuesday at one o'clock P.M., from the hotel of Mr. Berryhill at Harrisburg, passing over Clarke's Ferry, through what is now Wheatfield township to the tavern of John Woodhull, now in Oliver township; then to James Powers' ferry, where it crossed the river to Joseph Fetterman's; then up the Juniata River on the east side, through Millerstown, Thompsontown, Mexico, Milllin- town, through the Long Narrows to Lewis- town, where the stage-house was kept by Ben- jamin Patton, "a gentleman of the old school, with manners matching in grace and stateliness
the sterling worth of his character. The hostess was a mate worthy of her lord." From Lewis- town it passed up the river to the stage-house of George Galbraith, at Waynesburg, from thence on to Alexandria. The turnpike was not built until many years after, and from Clarke's Ferry to Lewistown was completed in 1818, and in 1825 was finished to Alexandria, greatly to the relief of the stage-lines. In 1828 the company put on the route a daily stage, carrying the mail three times a week. In 1829 a daily mail was put on, commencing February 1st. Soon afterwards the line was divided into two sections, each ending at Hunt- ingdon. The cast division was run by Colder, Wilson & Co. Other stage and mail-routes were established to run in connection with this through route by Leech, Snodgrass and others. Robert Clarke opened a line westward from Clarke's Ferry to Landisburg. The Pennsyl- vania Canal was completed to Lewistown in 1829 and to its termination in 1833. With this line of communication opened, stage-lines began to decline and passengers were conveyed by the canal packets, which were, a few years later, superseded by the railroads.
Probably the most noted stage route in this territory, if not in this State, was that opened in 1853 by Zachariah Rice. The route estab- lished by Robert Clarke had long since been abandoned. No stage-lines were in operation in Perry County, and all the mails for the in- terior were carried by post-riders. In that year he established a daily stage and mail route from Landisburg, through Loysville, Green Park and Bloomfield, to Newport, and a tri- weekly stage to Germantown; the latter in 1856 was made a daily line. Scon after this lines were established by Major Alexander Barnes from Ickesburg to Newport and from Iekes- burg to Millerstown, which were purchased in 1863 by Zachariah Rice, who continued in the management of the various lines until his death, in 1880. His sons-Samuel, Jesse, Wil- liam, James, Henry, Zachariah and Joseph- cach became drivers on the various routes, and succeeded to the business upon the death of their father. At present the lines from Lan- disburg and New Germantown to Newport are
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owned and conducted by Zachariah and Joseph Rice, the route from Landisburg to Carlisle by Henry Rice and that from Jekesburg to Newport and Millerstown by Samuel Rice,
Stage routes are run from Patterson west- ward into Juniata County, from Mifflintown eastward through MeAlisterville and Richfield to Salinsgrove, and from railroad connections in different parts of this territory.
A stage and postal route was established in the latter part of the last century, which ran through the valley from Northumberland, and through Penn's Valley Narrows to Aaronsburg. This route was established not later than the early part of 1788. The mail was carried once a week by carriers on horseback. In 1818 a mail stage ran between Northumberland and Bellefonte, on the following schedule: It left Northumberland every Friday, at five o'clock A M. Passengers breakfasted at L. B. Stough- ton's, at Lewisburgh, and arrived at Jacob Maize's, in Mifflinburg, for dinner; at Henry Roush's, in the Narrows, at four P.M. and at W. L. Brown's, at Aaronsburg, at six P.M. Left Aaronsburg at seven o'clock A.M. the next morning, stopped at Earlystown for dinner, and arrived at John Rankin's, at Bellefonte, at four p.M. The return trip was made from Bellefonte, starting every Monday morning, reaching Northumberland the next evening. Soon after the completion of the turnpike from Lewisburgh to Mifflinburgh and to the Old Forts, a daily line of mail stage-coaches was run from Northumberland to Water Street, on the Juniata, in what is now Blair County, passing through Mifflinburg, Hartleton and the Nar- rows. This line was continued until the con- struction of the canals, and subsequently the railroads, along the Juniata and West Branch so changed the course of travel as to make the run- ning of coaches unprofitable. In the palmy days of the stage-coach era the arrival and de- parture of the stage was an event that brought together a concourse of people not inferior to that which now greets the arrival of a railroad train ; indeed, the old-time tally-ho coach, with the driver on his high seat, with horses four-in- hand on a brisk trot, sounding his horn as he approached his stopping-place, formed a pictur- | Creek.
esque sight and one not easily blotted out from memory, and remains as one of the pleasing recollections of the past.
The first act incorporating a company to build a turnpike road from Northumberland through Buffalo and Pen's Valleys, and on to Waterford, in Erie County, was passed Febru- ary 22, 1812, under the following sonorous title : " An act to enable the Governor of the Com- monwealth to incorporate a company for mak- ing an artificial road by the best and nearest route from Waterford, in Erie County, through Meadville and Franklin, to the river Susquehan- nah, at or near the mouth of Anderson's Creek, in Clearfield County ; and also to incorporate a company for making an artificial road from the town of Northumberland, in the county of Northumberland, by the best and nearest route, to the West Branch of the Susquehanna River, at or near the mouth of Anderson's Creek, pass- ing through Derrstown, Youngmanstown, Aa- ronsburg, Bellefonte and Milesburg."
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