Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 306, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 December 1919 — "Highgate.” [ARTICLE]

"Highgate.”

The word “Highgate” is derived from a gate erected over 400 years ago to receive tolls for the bishop-of London. At one time all travelers who tarried at Highgate taverns were required to take, an oath never to eat brown bread while they could get white.