Wrightstown in Bucks County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Walking Purchase

Photographed by Don Morfe, July 19, 2015

1. Walking Purchase Marker

Inscription. Starting here at sunrise, Sept. 19, 1737, Marshall, Yeates, and Jennings set out on the "Indian Walk." In one and a half days, Edward Marshall reached a point beyond present Mauch Chunk, some 65 miles to the north and 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 • Roads & Vehicles. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) series list. A significant historical date for this entry is September 19, 1737.

Location. 40° 15.978′ N, 74° 58.956′ W. Marker is in Wrightstown, Pennsylvania, in Bucks County. It is on Durham Road (Pennsylvania Route 413) east of Penns Park Road, on the right when traveling east. The marker is on the grounds of the Friends Meeting House with the cemetery in the background. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 532 Durham Rd, Newtown PA 18940, United States of America. Touch for directions.

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

It is also in the American

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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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The Schofield Ford Covered Bridge (approx. 1½ miles away); Community-built Landmark (approx. 1½ miles away); Bridging Past and Present (approx. 1½ miles away); A Bridge from Past to Present, Neighbor to Neighbor ... (approx. 1½ miles away); From Public Highway to Scenic Byway ... (approx. 1.6 miles away); From Loss to Renewal ... (approx. 1.6 miles away); Fairmount Park Guard House (approx. 2 miles away); Tears For Freedom (approx. 2 miles away).

Photographed by Don Morfe, July 19, 2015

2. Walking Purchase Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on July 28, 2022. It was originally submitted on July 25, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 1,270 times since then and 149 times this year. Last updated on July 26, 2022, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 25, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.