Last Updated on February 1, 2021
The Edinboro farm owner responsible for this unusual name is Archie Billings, who was the one among his dad’s four sons who took over the enterprise begun by the father in 1846.
One significant improvement Archie made was the building of a massive barn on the hilltop. It was three stories high and the floor was big enough to allow two teams of horses, hitched to wagons, to enter the barn for unloading, then make a circular exit! Not having to back out and take turns was a huge saver of both time and effort.
One day in 1911, Archie was in “town” (Edinboro) with his horse and buggy while his hired man was grinding feed with a gas-powered engine on the second story barn floor. The barn caught fire. Throughout the afternoon Archie was informed several times by townspeople that his barn was on fire but he did not seem to be troubled by the imminent loss. After several inquiries, he simply replied “Why should I hurry up that hill when there will be no barn to put my sweaty horse in when I get there?” From that day on, the hill at the “top” of Fry Road was called Hurry Hill. Of course what Archie actually said was he was in no hurry.
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