Cranberry Township in Butler County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Venango Path

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, February 18, 2011

1. Venango Path Marker

Inscription. A major Indian path between the Forks of the Ohio (now Pittsburgh) and the Seneca town of Venango (now Franklin) passed through here. On December 27, 1753, George Washington came this way with frontier scout Christopher Gist as they returned from Fort LeBoeuf on a mission for Virginia's Governor Robert Dinwiddie. The Franklin Road, the first wagon road northward from Pittsburgh, was opened over this route in 1796.

Erected 1995 by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Roads & Vehicles. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) series list. A significant historical month for this entry is December 1800.

Location. 40° 41.136′ N, 80° 4.504′ W. Marker is in Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania, in Butler County. It is at the intersection of Mars-Crider Road (Pennsylvania Route 228) and Franklin Road, on the right when traveling west on Mars-Crider Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Cranberry Township PA 16066, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Northwestern Pennsylvania

and in Greater Pittsburgh.

It is also in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Crider's Corners (approx. 1.3 miles away); Ogle (approx. 1.9 miles away); Sample School

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(approx. 1.9 miles away); Warrendale (approx. 2.2 miles away); Cranberry Township 9-11 Memorial (approx. 2.4 miles away); Cranberry Township Veterans Memorial (approx. 2.4 miles away); 1806 Plains Presbyterian Church (approx. 2½ miles away); Elias Fry Barn (approx. 2.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cranberry Township.

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

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, February 18, 2011

2. Venango Path Marker

Looking east on Mars-Crider Road (PA 228)

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on February 18, 2011. This page has been viewed 2,488 times since then and 70 times this year. Last updated on November 26, 2020. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on February 18, 2011, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.