Sugarloaf in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Sugarloaf Massacre

Photographed by Kevin W., June 11, 2011

1. Sugarloaf Massacre Marker

Inscription. After an unsuccessful attack on Fort Augusta, Indians and Tories surprise a detachment of Northumberland Co. militia on Sept. 11, 1780. The site of the massacre is just beyond the town.

Erected 1947 by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and Communities • War, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) series list. A significant historical month for this entry is September 1880.

Location. 40° 59.274′ N, 76° 3.876′ W. Marker is in Sugarloaf, Pennsylvania, in Luzerne County. It is at the intersection of Pennsylvania Route 93 and Hidden Creek Court on Pennsylvania Route 93. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Sugarloaf PA 18249, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Pennsylvania’s Anthracite Coal Region,

in the Wyoming Valley,

and in Greater Scranton and Wilkes-Barre. 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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Conyngham Honor Roll (approx. half a mile away); War Memorial (approx. half a mile away); Lehigh-Susquehanna Tollgate Replica (approx. half a mile away); a different marker also named War Memorial (approx. 0.7 miles away); a different marker also named The Sugarloaf Massacre

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(approx. 0.9 miles away); Sugarloaf Valley World War II Honor Roll (approx. 1.1 miles away); Alvan Markle and Highacres (approx. 1.7 miles away); Operation Desert Storm Memorial (approx. 1.7 miles away).

Also see . . . MarkerQuest - Sugarloaf Massacre. (Submitted on February 7, 2024, by Laura Klotz of Northampton, Pennsylvania.)

Photographed by Kevin W., June 11, 2011

2. Sugarloaf Massacre Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on February 8, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 3, 2011, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia. This page has been viewed 2,230 times since then and 95 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 3, 2011, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia.