Henry Wilson Storey's History of Cambria County, V.I, p.100

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History of Cambria County, V.1

100 HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY.

county from Phillipsburg to the line of the county of Clearfield, near the Great Forks of Clearfield creek. That the ground is such as to admit of a good wagon road being made at a moderate expense." The viewers were Samuel McMullen, Zephania Weakland, William O'Keefe, Luke McGuire, David Todd and John Glass. They recommended it to be kept up by the supervisors of Allegheny township, and to be thirty feet in width. It passed through Loretto and the improvements of Delozier, Meloy's, Samuel McMullen, A. Anderson and Nugent.
     On September 9, 1819, the Court appointed Peter Levergood, Isaac Proctor, Samuel Hildebrand, Shepley Priestley, Leavy Roberts and Christian Good viewers to lay out a public road between Johnstown and Ebensburg. The Northern pike was then in the course of construction. On October 9 they reported that they had laid out such a road to lead from "Johnstown to the Turnpike road at Bellewes Cabbins," to be thirty-five feet in width. This is substantially the road which now connects with the old stone pike at Munday's. It has been the principal road for driving between these points, and is the best road at this date. The distance is eighteen miles, and many interesting tales are told of fast driving in the early days of sleighing, or in less than two hours when it was favorable. On one occasion within recent years, a Johnstown merchant desiring to get a writ of execution ahead of one which had been sent by mail on the morning train, employed J. C. Pender to drive him in a two horse buggy under contract to reach Ebensburg before the railroad train, which he did in one hour and ten minutes, and secured the first fieri facias and got his money, too.
     After the completion of the Old Portage railroad the favored route from Johnstown was by railroad to Jefferson, now Wilmore, then driving to Ebensburg. However, since the completion of the Ebensburg branch in 1861, the best manner of traveling is by the Pennsylvania railroad via Cresson.
     Prior to 1821, the only road between Ebensburg and Johnstown was via Croyle's road and bridge, now Summerhill, thence to the Frankstown road into the town.
     On October 25, 1818, a road was laid out from the Somerset county line at Garrett Reams' to the south end of Franklin street--at that time at the Kernville bridge. What is now known as Franklin street through the Fifth and Sixth wards was named and known as Morris street. In 1821, January 2,

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100	HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY.
county from Phillipsburg to the line of the county of Clearfield, near the Great Forks of Clearfield creek. That the ground is such as to admit of a good wagon road being made at a moderate expense." The viewers were Samuel McMullen, Zephania Weakland, William O'Keefe, Luke McGuire, David Todd and John Glass. They recommended it to be kept up by the supervisors of Allegheny township, and to be thirty feet in width. It passed through Loretto and the improvements of Delozier, Meloy's, Samuel McMullen, A. Anderson and Nugent. On September 9, 1819, the Court appointed Peter Levergood, Isaac Proctor, Samuel Hildebrand, Shepley Priestley, Leavy Roberts and Christian Good viewers to lay out a public road between Johnstown and Ebensburg. The Northern pike was then in the course of construction. On October 9 they reported that they had laid out such a road to lead from "Johnstown to the Turnpike road at Bellewes Cabbins," to be thirty-five feet in width. This is substantially the road which now connects with the old stone pike at Munday's. It has been the principal road for driving between these points, and is the best road at this date. The distance is eighteen miles, and many interesting tales are told of fast driving in the early days of sleighing, or in less than two hours when it was favorable. On one occasion within recent years, a Johnstown merchant desiring to get a writ of execution ahead of one which had been sent by mail on the morning train, employed J. C. Pender to drive him in a two horse buggy under contract to reach Ebensburg before the railroad train, which he did in one hour and ten minutes, and secured the first fieri facias and got his money, too. After the completion of the Old Portage railroad the favored route from Johnstown was by railroad to Jefferson, now Wilmore, then driving to Ebensburg. However, since the completion of the Ebensburg branch in 1861, the best manner of traveling is by the Pennsylvania railroad via Cresson. Prior to 1821, the only road between Ebensburg and Johnstown was via Croyle's road and bridge, now Summerhill, thence to the Frankstown road into the town. On October 25, 1818, a road was laid out from the Somerset county line at Garrett Reams' to the south end of Franklin street--at that time at the Kernville bridge. What is now known as Franklin street through the Fifth and Sixth wards was named and known as Morris street. In 1821, January 2,