Dublin Township near Burnt Cabins in Fulton County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Burnt Cabins

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 21, 2009

1. Burnt Cabins Marker

Inscription. Early settlers' cabins in this vicinity were burned by Provincial forces, 1750, to satisfy Indian protests against white trespassers on their lands. The name is a relic of troubled days on the Pennsylvania frontier.

Erected 1949 by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Settlements & Settlers • War, French and Indian. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1750.

Location. 40° 4.64′ N, 77° 54.15′ W. Marker is near Burnt Cabins, Pennsylvania, in Fulton County. It is in Dublin Township. It is on Great Cove Road (U.S. 522) ¼ mile west of Grist Mill Road, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Burnt Cabins PA 17215, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in South-Central Pennsylvania. It is also in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern

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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 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Forbes Road (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Burnt Cabins (approx. 0.4 miles away); Burnt Cabins Grist Mill Water Wheel Shaft and Support Timber (approx. 0.8 miles away); Burnt Cabins Grist Mill Property (approx. 0.8 miles away); Celebrating Burnt Cabins Grist Mill Caterpillar D4600 75th Anniversary (approx. 0.8 miles away); Fort Lyttelton (approx. 3.2 miles away); Fort Littleton (approx. 3.2 miles away); FBI Special Agent Terry Ray Anderson (approx. 7.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Burnt Cabins.

Also see . . . Burnt Cabins - Behind the Marker. ExplorePAHistory.com (Submitted on July 19, 2011, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.)

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 21, 2009

2. Burnt Cabins Marker

Looking east along US 522 toward Grist Mill Road.

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on May 28, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 2,682 times since then and 69 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 28, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.