Pushing on westward by way of historic Sideling Hill and Bedford
to Statlers, Baily found here a prosperous millstone quarry,
which sold its stones at from fifteen to thirty dollars a pair
Pushing on westward by way of historic Sideling Hill and Bedford
to Statlers, Baily found here a prosperous millstone quarry,
which sold its stones at from fifteen to thirty dollars a pair.
Twelve years earlier Washington had prophesied that the
Alleghanies would soon be furnishing millstones equal to the best
English burr. As he crossed the mountains Baily found that
taverns charged the following schedule: breakfast, eighteen
pence; dinner and supper from two shillings to two shillings and
sixpence each. Traversing Laurel Hill, he reached Pittsburgh just
at the time when it was awakening to activity as the trading
center of the West.
