West Lampeter Township in Lancaster in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Great Indian Warrior Trading Path

Photographed by William Pope, October 26, 2025

1. Great Indian Warrior Trading Path Marker

Inscription. The most heavily traveled road in Colonial America passed through here, linking areas from the Great Lakes to Augusta, GA. Laid on ancient animal and Native American Trading/Warrior Paths. Indian treaties among the Governors of NY, PA, & VA and the 19 chiefs of Iroquois League of Five Nations in 1685 and 1722, opened the Colonial Backcountry for peaceful settlement and colonization. In PA, the Path was called the Great Philadelphia Wagon Road and passed by Philadelphia, Lancaster, York, and Gettysburg.

Erected by National Society Daughters of the American Colonists. Project of the 2000-3 Administration.

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 Daughters of the American Colonists series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1685.

Location. 40° 1.091′ N, 76° 17.052′ W. Marker is in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in Lancaster County. It is in West Lampeter Township. It is on Golf Road 0.2 miles north of General Hand Lane, on the right when traveling north. This marker is located in Lancaster County Central Park. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 649 Golf Road, Lancaster PA 17602, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in South-Central Pennsylvania, specifically in Pennsylvania Dutch Country,

and in the Susquehanna Valley.

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

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

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least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Native Americans in Lancaster County (within shouting distance of this marker); A Dedication (within shouting distance of this marker); Tenant Farmer's House (approx. 0.2 miles away); Kurtz's Mill Covered Bridge (approx. ¼ mile away); Rock Ford (approx. ¼ mile away); a different marker also named Rock Ford (approx. 0.4 miles away); At Rockford near here lived & died General Edward Hand, M.D. (approx. 0.4 miles away); Proclamation (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lancaster.

Photographed by William Pope, October 26, 2025

2. Great Indian Warrior Trading Path Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on November 4, 2025. It was originally submitted on October 26, 2025, by William Pope of Marietta, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 56 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 26, 2025, by William Pope of Marietta, Pennsylvania. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.