Columbia in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Shawnee Apartments

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, August 27, 2018

1. Shawnee Apartments Marker

Inscription. Shawnee — One of the two Native American Tribes (Susquehannock) that originally populated the area around Columbia, PA. During the 1700's, their estimated combined numbers were 2,000 (7,000 by modern estimates).

”Love your life, perfect your life, beautify all things in your life. Seek to make your life long and its purpose in the service of your people”… “Show respect to all people and grovel to none. When you arise in the morning give thanks for the food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies only in yourself. Abuse no one and no thing, for abuse turns the wise ones to fools and robs the spirit of its vision.”
—Chief Tecumseh, Shawnee Nation

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Native Americans • Settlements & Settlers.

Location. 40° 1.839′ N, 76° 30.256′ W. Marker is in Columbia, Pennsylvania, in Lancaster County. Marker is on Locust Street just west of South 2nd Street, on the left when traveling west. Marker is mounted at eye-level beside the building entrance at this address. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 160 Locust Street, Columbia PA 17512, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. First National Bank Museum (a few steps from this marker); a different marker

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also named First National Bank Museum (a few steps from this marker); First National Bank (a few steps from this marker); Susquehannock Apartments (within shouting distance of this marker); Odd Fellows Hall (within shouting distance of this marker); Columbia Bank & Bridge Company (within shouting distance of this marker); First English Evangelical Church (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Wright's Ferry Mansion (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Columbia.

Also see . . . The First Pennsylvania Americans.

Immediately before the advent of the white man, eastern Pennsylvania was inhabited principally by groups belonging linguistically to the Algonquians, who occupied a more extended area than any other linguistic stock in North America. Known as the 'people from the south,' the Shawnee were tall and muscular, with coarse features and exceptionally prominent cheekbones. They were diligent cultivators of the soil until expulsion from Kentucky and North Carolina forced them to lead a wandering
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, August 27, 2018

2. Shawnee Apartments Marker
existence. Permitted by the Delaware and Iroquois to enter Pennsylvania, they settled on the flats below Philadelphia, in the forks of the Delaware as far north as the Minisink, and in the Wyoming Valley. Later they drifted westward to the Ohio Valley and engaged in the Indian wars of a later day.

(Submitted on April 5, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

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Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, August 27, 2018

3. Shawnee Apartments

Credits. This page was last revised on April 5, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 5, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 84 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 5, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.