The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-09-05
TO WELLS VALLEY IN 1924.
interesting "reminiscences Written Sever
al Years Ago by Mr.. S. Hays Brad
ley, Now Deceased.
PLACES AND PEOPLE 'MOsTFoRdOTTEN

Hays Bradley, former resident
of this county, who removed to
Colorado many years ago; he SER
we'd as Probate Judge and held
other responsible positions in the
county in which he lived. Mr..
Bradley married sister of the
late Benjamin Woollet, and died
1890 The article was written
for and published In The Fulton
Democrat IN February, 1886. The
editor of the News has added to
original article such notes of ex-
planation and information as will
make it more ineligible to read
ers of the present time.)
Some time in the month of No
vember, 1924, my father removed
from the mill owned at that time
by Thomas Logan, Sr. afterwards
sold by hun to David Hunter, who
rebuilt it, (now the Duffy milD. 1t
was the second mill below your
town; the "JOhnston mill" the
first below town was also owned
at that tlmo by, Thomas Logan,
ST., and was idle. George Hoke
afterwards purchased the Johns
ton farm and mill and remodeled
and started it up, NOW j. 9.
Maun's planlng milD. Samuel
Logan hauled us in four horse
wagon from the Cove to Wells Val
ley.
When we got to town and start.
ID down street, when we came to
Allenders home (now owned by
Geo. w. Hays, Wm. Allender
came out and made an agreement
with my mother to take some
geese she had in town on shares.
When we got over the ridge TO the
first tavern then owned and kept
by one John Sugart, a wooden
building on the lower side of tho
turnpike, Opposite the Summers
barn., they stopped to water and
"tone up" Robert Forbes, Jr.,
son of old man Forbes, was max
ing shoes IN the bar room for
Sugart's family. In those early
days farmers and many others
would go to the tanners in the
fall and buy sufficient upper and
sole leather to make shoes tor
their families, (boys did not have
the privilege of wearing boots
those days, and then have shoe
maker come to the house and
make the SHOES for the winter.
The women spun the thread and
every thing was done to save ex-
penses.
We passed McMurran's S tavern
(the Shaffer place. and over the
ridge to the toll gate, then kept
by Thomas Brown, the first toll
gate keeper that had charge oft.
When we got to Licking Creek,
now Harrisonville, we left the
turnpike and took a country load
to the foot of Sidellng Hill on the
three mountain road. passed Sam
uel Newman IS old place, (the Isaac
P Deshong place., also the old
"Russ farm" (James r. Dayls),
and arrived at "Kerr's tavern Fat
the foot of the mountain, (Jas e.
Lyon's), in the afternoon. We
went up the three mountain road
to the top of Sideling Hill, to the
tavern then kept by John Harris,
afterwards sold to VIM. Brother
ton and by him sold to Jacob
kegerreis, (now owned by the
Game and Fishing Club.
ltwas then two miles down in.
to the valley we arrived at the
foot OF the mountain at the creek
just below the forks about sun
down. There was a two-story
log house just across the bridge
on a small piece of bottom LAND
cleared Opposite j. @. Kirk's)
rms property was then owned by
one John Guest, of Philadelphia
who had not made himself knowr
and several persons had taker
possession OF part oft. Andrew
Swope had cleared a large tielt
iy'ng between the furnace roat
ana Broadtop road, and JOSEPH
Frazier had cleared a field ius
across the furnace road from
Swope's field. The tract of lane
'oon'inusd On page rour)