Kuskusky Path Marker

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Near Wexford in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Kuskusky Path

By Mike Wintermantel, February 18, 2011

1. Kuskusky Path Marker

Inscription. Hunters, traders, warriors, militia, war captives, and diplomats all used this early Native American path, which passed this location, for most of the 1700s as part of a regional network of trails. It provided a direct route between Fort Duquesne/Fort Pitt, a major trade center, and the Delaware Indian community of Kuskusky, now New Castle. Europeans who began moving into the area built homes and churches adjacent to the path by 1800.

Erected 2008 by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.

Location. 40° 36.119′ N, 80° 4.826′ W. Marker is near Wexford, Pennsylvania, in Allegheny County. Marker is on Brandt School Road 0.1 miles south of Clubhouse Drive, on the right when traveling south. Click for map. Marker is located next to the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2500 Brandt School Road, Wexford PA 15090, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. Trinity German Evangelical Lutheran Church (within shouting distance of this marker); Mt. Nebo U.P. Church War Memorial (approx. 3.6 miles away); Saint Matthew's Church (approx. 4.6 miles away); Hiland Presbyterian Church (approx. 5.4 miles away); Venango Path (approx. 5.8 miles away); Crider's Corners (approx. 5.9 miles away); West View Memorial (approx. 6.1 miles away); Dickson Log House (approx. 6.7 miles away).

By Mike Wintermantel, February 18, 2011

2. Kuskusky Path Marker

Also see . . .
1. Franklin Park's Kuskusky Path. Article written by local reporter. (Submitted on February 21, 2011, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.)

2. Kuskusky Path - Behind the Marker. (Submitted on July 7, 2011, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.)

Brandt School Road, Franklin Park, Allegheny County, PA Photo, Click for full size

By Unknown, circa 1930

3. Brandt School Road, Franklin Park, Allegheny County, PA

Located east of Route 79, which links Pittsburgh to Erie, Brandt School Road was built over the Kuskusky Path through Franklin Park.Trinity Lutheran Cemetery is on the left side of this section of the road, not far below the old one-room Brandt School, now a private residence at the entrance to the Northmont Farms subdivision. Courtesy of Franklin Park Borough History Collection, Allegheny County, PA

Credits. This page originally submitted on February 18, 2011, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 353 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on February 18, 2011, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 3. submitted on July 26, 2011, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.