Near Falls in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Wyolutimunk

Photographed by Don Morfe, October 14, 2015

1. Wyolutimunk Marker

Inscription. Across the river is the site of the Indian town. "King" Teedyuscung stopped here with Frederick Post, May 17, 1760, on his way to Tioga and the "great concourse in the West."

Erected 1949 by Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) series list. A significant historical date for this entry is May 17, 1760.

Location. 41° 25.767′ N, 75° 50.719′ W. Marker is near Falls, Pennsylvania, in Wyoming County. It is on Sullivan Trail (Pennsylvania Route 92), on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Falls PA 18615, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Wyoming Valley

and in Greater Scranton and Wilkes-Barre. 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 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Sullivan's March (approx. ¼ mile away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 2.2 miles away); West Falls North Disaster Urban Renewal Area (approx. 2.2 miles away); Ransom Valley Cemetery & Lutheran Church (approx. 3.2 miles away); Forty Fort Cemetery Unknowns Reburial Site (approx. 5.1 miles away); World War II Memorial

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(approx. 6.1 miles away); Holy Rosary Parish Veterans Memorial (approx. 6.7 miles away); Colliery Locomotive, 1919 (approx. 6.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Falls.

Credits. This page was last revised on December 13, 2021. It was originally submitted on November 14, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 887 times since then and 124 times this year. Last updated on December 13, 2021, by Andrew Galbraith of Bellbrook, Ohio. Photo 1. submitted on November 14, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.