| |
The City of DuBois
Chapter 3
Page 021
CITY OF DUBOIS Page 21
opening a highway between the East and the West. This Pike was a
toll road,
and construction commenced about 1820. Lebbeus Luther, who was the
founder of
Luthersburg, had a contract for constructing a part of the road.
Mr. Luther subsequently located at Luthersburg, and built a tavern
on the
point below the John Hayes house.
This Pike became a very popular highway between the eastern part of
Pennsylvania and the northwestern part of the State and eastern
Ohio. Persons
who were living at the time say that numerous emigrants in Conestoga
wagons
traveled west over this road from eastern Pennsylvania. It was also
a line for
driving great droves of cattle and sheep from eastern Ohio and
western
Pennsylvania through to the eastern markets.
The dealers in cattle collected several hundred head of cattle, and
the
owner traveled horseback ahead of his herd, to make arrangements for
pasture
and feeding and watering at night, also picking up any local cattle
that might
be for sale in the community. These cattle and sheep were taken
through to
Philadelphia for that city.
|
|
|
