Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-08-28
HISTORY OF BEAR TAVERN"
rah oUEsrfOS or ELigABErHrOws's
OLDEsr HOsTELkb.
Ev,dspcs That tho . tsimch Hear Anssdssed
tho l." Bisok Horse" Twenty Years Hx"
oa some Ancient Evsn,~--rro"i
pent Local Families pefcte
the Revolution.

f.,,,,,,,. ., .,rdiuary ~ and ~ houso pi eutet-
,aInmeu, for man and horne" 1 refer 10 the
,.,o,n xx h,,b stood ON tho wost aldo of Conoy
craoL .t Eliyabe,htowu. this couptv. and
now owned by Henry A. Wade. eso. viii
epdeayor 10 establish ils ancient character
and wide reputation as a public house, not
only In thu ueipblorbood hut tbrouuhout
tho proyince and beyopd its iim,ts. such as
no other tavern betw cen Lancaster and liar
ris Ferry enioyed.
Thi. IA not ,o be wopdered ai Ia i,s early
h,.,,,.,, a.. ,,,,,,,,.I a., 90, ,,.....hi.
'oy Wv pf" NJ. ,'',. Po"o'o
u"e was c"Iieu u" ny mo ihu"n ubuets,
the founder OF this tavern being one oi this
class who were English or Irish exclusively,
and were likely To patronIze one of their
n,r,h.r Th,,. h.,i,,, ,,,,,,, ., Tho ,,,,
''D, ..'' .,'. y, w - IT,
"'o VI '"o ~ "''o' "'.'
Enshsn, anu ior tha reason were ikeiy 10
prefer tavern Kept by one who spoke the
English language rather than one W no spoke
German exolusiyeiy | will first establish
tho ioc.,i,, ,f IN. :, Raa, ~ ,,ya,,
fNN'oN NNp 'oNhsio"A ROAD
Paxton and touestogs road was laid out In
the year 1889 Cthe turnpike through Eliza.
bethtown ps-s,s over this old road, The
ru,,,a %, ,h., ,,,,r..s ,,a ,I.,,,,,.s 80, n, -,
r, -, -. ~, -
- ,''',.' - .',,, ~. aS's ~ -
snoya p,,,on crn.r ana 80, ,,au.. -,
Tbom,a H,r,i., tbe sis,anca a. sst tor,, in
,be road r,po,, Ia sey.,,aon ,n,,.. ,,cL inc
tbre, buua,ad ,ee,
In tho v,ar n IN .,o,bo, ,oaa yv.. laid mn,
commencing a, q ,Ib,a,,b,s mil On ina swa
tara, tsoid by him 10 Garberl one hundred
and buv.oi,ht perrb.s from tbe Nul creek
.,.-I, 81 -, -. a. a.. p.,,,,, and
'i"S'ihs' All" ho'' 'no"co W .uo 'aN'oa
'onestoga road IN 'front.' OF ihomas h"'is
tavern. The distance computed In the road
report was nine miles aud one half aud six.
teen perches. which establishes the terminus
of the road in front OF Mr.. wade's mansion.
Ia the wear 1896 Thomas Harris took out q IL
cense 10 sell beer, and in August, l7a1, he took
out "a tavern license, afterwards known ~ the
Bear. lilo continued to take out tavern IL
cenco annually until l75l. Mr.. Harris be.
came very wealthy, aud nj the time he sold
his tavern he owned several hundred acres
OF land at Csuawago creek, where no had
built grist and a saw mill. lie also owned
large tracts elsewhere. on the 18th day of
July, l75I, Harris sold tho Bear tavern and
two hundred and iiity-two acres of land 10
Lazarus Lowry 90, Indian trader, who
owned aud resided on the farm now owned
by the Hon. J. u. Cameron, along the Cole.
brook road, in East Donegal township. In
1853 Mr.. Lowry sold the property 10 Berna.
has Hughes (3.) In his petition for tavern
license Tor the year l7Ji, aud now on Tile in
Lancaster, IL is called the " Bear tavern"
rur royyS ar .p,Iy,pprpu
- -, 80, a., -, -,
III 'he year 100 or i'oi Mr. hugnos 'aiu
honor OF his wife who bore that name IL
may bc noted now that in Mr.. Redsecker's
license certificate, dated in l751, the tavern
which he called the 81" Black Horse" was 10.
Gated In " Elizabeth, town laid out by the
proprietor Oh cue best. having estso,
i,' i.,uvu ~, ,u' i i,aao anu "',' VIII WIFI 'no peM
dence oi ia wiIo roputa,ion ne a Tavern. no,
founded upon conjecture, but based upon
records on lille aud in print in various publ.
cations. In the journal OF Rev. Charles 4.
Beatty tD (in print) Is this entry
May 9th (f56D lett Lancaster about ten
o'clock, in company with the GOUeraOr, col
oHei BoquetD aud several other officers ana
gentlemen, aud having dlRed at Burny
Hughes, reached Harris Ferry in the even
ing"
Extract from the journal of Col. James
Burd 90 Thursday, 10Th OF February,
lI6s. This morning Sett out from Lancaster
TO VISIT the Troops from the Susquehanna
to Delaware, took CdptdIH Hambright G)
along with me. This evening gott to BdrHy
Hughes's where ! stay all night severe
weather and bad roads
18th, Friday. This morning Captain
Hdmbrtght taken very bad, which obliged
me to stay here all tins day Sent AN Express
To Lancaster for Doctor Thompson 90 the
Doctor arrived here at +. 81.
18th. Saturday. Obliged to leave Captain
Hambright here, 1 sett oil this morning at .
A. NJ for Hunters Fort 90, at . 7. NJ. ar
rived at Harriss, found Lieuts. Broadhead