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John Collins's Tavern
Formerly/Also Known As Salter's Tavern, Wiggins's Tavern, Hoge's Tavern, Byers's Tavern
East Main Street
Uniontown, PA 15401From Searight's The Old Pike (1894):
The first tavern in Uniontown was kept by John Collins in 1781. It was a log house on the north side of the main street, the site of which is now covered by 'Commercial Row.' This old house remained standing until 1839, when it was torn down by its owner of that date. Isaac Beeson, who erected the buildings thereafter known as 'Commercial Row.' John Collins kept this old tavern down to the year 1799. It was subsequently kept at different times by Samuel Salter, Cuthbert Wiggins, William Salter, John Hoge and Andrew Byers. William Salter was an old sheriff. Byers went from this house to the old Walker House, now the 'Central,' and afterward to the 'Clinton House.'
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