Springfield Township near Kintnersville in Bucks County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Gallows Hill

Photographed by Alan Edelson, August 19, 2009

1. Gallows Hill Marker

Inscription. Here, Edward Marshall and his associates of the famous Indian Walk of a day and a half, September 19-20, 1737, left the Old Durham Road on the first day and followed the well-beaten Indian path which led Northwesterly through present Hellertown, Bethlehem, Northampton and the Lehigh Gap.

Erected 1925 by the Pennsylvania Historical Commission and Citizens of Bucks and Northampton Counties.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Indigenous Peoples and Communities. A significant historical month for this entry is September 1727.

Location. 40° 31.864′ N, 75° 13.374′ W. Marker is near Kintnersville, Pennsylvania, in Bucks County. It is in Springfield Township. It is at the intersection of Gallows Hill Road and Durham Road (Pennsylvania Route 412), on the left when traveling north on Gallows Hill Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Kintnersville PA 18930, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Southeast Pennsylvania and in Greater Philadelphia.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

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,

New Netherland,

and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Durham Furnace (approx. 3 miles away); Durham Township Grist Mill (approx. 3.1 miles away); Durham Township Veterans Memorial Flagpole and Terrace (approx. 3.1 miles away); Durham Bat Mine (approx.

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3.1 miles away); Durham Township 9-11 Memorial (approx. 3.2 miles away); The Durham Boat (approx. 3.3 miles away); Hiram Williams Pursell (approx. 3½ miles away); Canal Boats (approx. 3.6 miles away).

Also see . . .
1. History of Gallows Hill. (Submitted on August 26, 2009, by Alan Edelson of Union Twsp., New Jersey.)
2. The Walking Purchase. (Submitted on August 26, 2009, by Alan Edelson of Union Twsp., New Jersey.)
3. The Walking Purchase. (Submitted on August 26, 2009, by Alan Edelson of Union Twsp., New Jersey.)

Photographed by Alan Edelson, August 19, 2009

2. Gallows Hill Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 19, 2009, by Alan Edelson of Union Twsp., New Jersey. This page has been viewed 2,742 times since then and 79 times this year. Last updated on March 12, 2022, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 19, 2009, by Alan Edelson of Union Twsp., New Jersey. • Mark Hilton was the editor who published this page.