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 CHAPTER VIII. NEW BRIGHTON PAPERS. The first settlement in New Brighton so far as can now be ascertained, was by John Wolf, who purchased tract JSTo. 95 in 1799 aiid built a flouring mill on it, near the present dam where the Tenth street bridge crosses the river. It was probably the first mill of any kind east of the Beaver river in the county, and to it men came from a distance of over thirty miles, even from east of Pitts- burg, over a single path cut through the forest large enough for a horse and rider to pass. It was operated until 1820, and remained standing until the canal was dug. VIEW OF BRIGHTON DAM.