(Located at the foot of Wolf Lane, at the down-river end of Bridge.water Dyke, a few yards below the new Bridgewater-Rochester bridge.)
Here was the crossing of the Beaver River by an old Indian Trail that ran along the north bank of the Ohio River from the "Forks of the Ohio" at Pittsburgh to the Indiana country. During the occupation of Fort Duquesne by the French Army, this path was known as "French-Way." A branch of this trail veered westward at the lower end of Beaver, passing out the Tuscarawas Road to Blackhawk, to Negley, Ohio and West Point, Ohio and then on to the Tuscarawas River in Ohio. It is from this river that it derived its name.
On the Bridgewater shore of the crossing was a branch path, known as the "Sandusky Trail," which went northward up (lie Beaver River to the foot of Fallston Hill. There it veered westward and wended its way out the Old Darlington Road through Darlington, Enon Valley, Petersburg, Ohio and on to the Indian villages around Upper Sandusky in Ohio. A segment of this trail went straight up the Beaver River from the foot of Fallston Hill to Mahoningtown. There it turned westward, passed through Mt. Jackson to Petersburg, Ohio, where it joined the main trail.
Captain Sam Brady used the Sandusky Trail on his scouting expeditions to upper Sandusky. Some of his noted exploits occurred along its path.
Colonel Bouquet's Army crossed the Beaver River at this point while en route to the Muskingham River in Ohio to obtain the release of white captives held by the Indians in that area. The crossing took place on October 6, 1764.
When Colonel Bouquet's Army returned from Ohio, it re-crossed the Beaver River here with 206 released white captives.
This was the landing point for two river packets that made daily trips to Pittsburgh during the Canal Boat days.
The starting point for a stage coach line that ran to Cleveland, Ohio was at the steam boat landing.