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284 George Shuck, who came here about 1790, from York, Pa., lived in a log house, where Shipley's tavern now stands, in 1800.

Thomas Beall, of Samuel, built a house on Liberty street, a short distance below the City Hall, on the opposite side. The date of its erection is uncertain, but is supposed to have been about 1785. It is still standing.

A log house, was built by John Miller about 1794, .on the lot on the comer of Liberty and Bedford streets, and is still in use, immediately opposite the City Hall, and is known as the "Snyder property." George Payne had a house in 1796, on the Little Valley Road, near "Payne's Spring," which was on his property.

Several other old buildings are still in existence, which are supposed to have been constructed previous to 1800, but their history is not positively known. The eflfort to preserve the chronology of the history of the town, so far as its growth is concerned becomes exceedingly difficult at this time, since there were no newspapers in existence, and the memory of the old inhabitants utterly fails to establish dates with any degree of accuracy. Consequently the events of the next twenty years must be treated as best they may be under the circumstances.

It has been heretofore stated that in 1755 a bridge was built across Will's Creek, near the mouth of the stream. This was carried away by a freshet, and about 1790 a wooden bridge was built where the present iron bridge stands. The new structure was built upon wooden piers, and by frequent repairs and