Wooster in Wayne County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
The local tribes in this area
Photographed by Raquel Mack, December 21, 2025
1. The local tribes in this area Marker
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The local tribes in this area. . The local tribes of this area were conquered and displaced by the Iroquois of New York during the Beaver Wars of the late 17th century. Until the beginning of the 18th century, this region was Iroquois hunting grounds with no permanent settlements permitted by other tribes. It was then, however, that the Lenape (Delaware) tribe migrated into this area from Pennsylvania. In 1808, the Larwills identified Wooster Cemetery as the site of Chief Pappellelond's village. He was known to the early settlers as Chief Beaver Hat. Wooster marked the northwest corner of the Lenape nation with Coshocton serving as the capital. The Wooster crossroads saw any number of famous Ohio chiefs and frontiersmen pass through this locale during the 1700's. Killbuck, White Eyes, Pontiac, Newcomer, Tecumseh, Captain Pipe and Custaloga certainly used these trails, as did Johnny Appleseed (John Chapman), Simon Girty, and Major Robert Rogers.
The local tribes of this area were conquered and displaced by the Iroquois of New York during the Beaver Wars of the late 17th century. Until the beginning of the 18th century, this region was Iroquois hunting grounds with no permanent settlements permitted by other tribes. It was then, however, that the Lenape (Delaware) tribe migrated into this area from Pennsylvania. In 1808, the Larwills identified Wooster Cemetery as the site of Chief Pappellelond's village. He was known to the early settlers as Chief Beaver Hat. Wooster marked the northwest corner of the Lenape nation with Coshocton serving as the capital. The Wooster crossroads saw any number of famous Ohio chiefs and frontiersmen pass through this locale during the 1700's. Killbuck, White Eyes, Pontiac, Newcomer, Tecumseh, Captain Pipe and Custaloga certainly used these trails, as did Johnny Appleseed (John Chapman), Simon Girty, and Major Robert Rogers.
Location. 40° 47.572′ N, 81° 56.146′ W. Marker is in Wooster, Ohio, in Wayne County. It
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can be reached from the intersection of South Bever Street and Freedlander Road, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Wooster OH 44691, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Amish Country and in Greater Cleveland. It is also in the American Midwest and in the Corn Belt. 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, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Northwest Territory.
3. View of the group of markers, looking northwest, with the pond behind
Credits. This page was last revised on December 25, 2025. It was originally submitted on December 24, 2025, by Raquel Mack of Oberlin, Ohio. This page has been viewed 88 times since then and 62 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on December 24, 2025, by Raquel Mack of Oberlin, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
