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The Frankstown Path, a highway of early travelers in this region, passed through the settlement of Hart's Log, later called Hartslog and now Alexandria. The place was first named after a hollow log at this site, which the trader John Hart used between 1744 and 1755 as a feeding trough for his pack of horses.
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