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"In August of 1849, I crossed the mountains and and arrived at Rylstone, which was then a very small town, consisting of the hotel now kept by Mr. William Farrar, then owned by Mrs. Sampson of Mudgee and kept by Mr. William Tindale. This, and a blacksmith's shop, kept by Dan. Collins, where Mr. Johnstone's hairdressing saloon now stands, and a gunyah, on what was called Mother Carroll's Hill, the site of the present flour mill, comprised the whole town."
Cherry Tree Hill was a caution the early days very little money was spent on the formation or repair of the roads. The foot of the hill was lined with logs and saplings, and the drags skids
left by teamsters. The road to Rylstone, Dabee, etc., down Petticoat Lane, was merely a break neck bush track. Many of the teamsters used
to unload the bales of wool at the bottom of the lane, and take a bale at a time up on a sledge, and afterwards reload the dray at the top.
Some of the teams used to travel by way of Fitzgerald's Gap, a track to the left of Petticoat Lane, but this was even steeper."
