Blairsville in Indiana County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

The Johnston Site

Photographed by Richard Kicovic, March 25, 2025

1. The Johnston Site Marker

Inscription. Between 1250-1600 AD, a late prehistoric Native American Village of the Monongahela Tradition occupied a site along the river terrace. Discovered by Ralph Solecki in 1950 and excavated by Dr. Don Dragoo of the Carnegie Museum in 1952.

Erected 2023 by Blairsville Historical Society.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Anthropology & Archaeology • Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1950.

Location. 40° 25.262′ N, 79° 15.939′ W. Marker is in Blairsville, Pennsylvania, in Indiana County. It is at the intersection of South Walnut Street (Pennsylvania Route 217) and Blank Street, on the left when traveling north on South Walnut Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 622 S Walnut St, Blairsville PA 15717, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Pennsylvania’s Laurel Highlands.

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 walking distance of this marker: Fugitive Slave Rescue (approx. 0.7 miles away); Blairsville Area Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.7 miles away); George Wilkinson and the Kidnapping of 1858 (approx. 0.7 miles away); Dr. Edward Emerson & Dred Scott (approx. 0.7 miles away); Samuel McCune Safehouse (approx. 0.7 miles away); Chester C. Davis and the Kidnapping of 1858

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(approx. 0.7 miles away); Pennsylvania Mainline Canal Port of Blairsville (approx. 0.7 miles away); The Kidnapping of Richard Newman (approx. 0.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Blairsville.

Photographed by Richard Kicovic, March 25, 2025

2. The Johnston Site Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on July 19, 2025. It was originally submitted on May 10, 2025, by Richard Kicovic of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 357 times since then and 65 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 10, 2025, by Richard Kicovic of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.