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Indian Rock

 
 
Indian Rock Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Keith S Smith, November 16, 2012
1. Indian Rock Marker
Inscription.
Beside the stream below by the Indians called Wawassan is
“Indian Rock”

whence ran the claim of the Lenni-Lenape to the source of the Brandywine

 
Erected 1909 by Chester County Historical Society.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and CommunitiesNotable Places.
 
Location. 39° 55.435′ N, 75° 41.378′ W. Marker is near West Chester, Pennsylvania, in Chester County. It is in West Bradford Township. It is on Brandywine Drive 0.1 miles west of Northbrook Road, on the right when traveling east. This marker in on the ridge along the Brandywine Creek between Warpath Road & Northbrook Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 156 Brandywine Dr, West Chester PA 19382, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Southeast Pennsylvania and in Greater Philadelphia. 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
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in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, New Netherland, and 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: Lenni-Lenape Indian Burial Ground (approx. 0.4 miles away); Cabin of Indian Hannah (approx. half a mile away); Trimbleville Historic District (approx. 0.6 miles away); Trimble's Ford (approx. 0.9 miles away); Locust Grove School (approx. 1.7 miles away); The Village of Marshallton (approx. 1.7 miles away); Nathan Simms (approx. 1.7 miles away); views of the past (approx. 1.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in West Chester.
 
Also see . . .  Lenni Lenape - Wikipedia. (Submitted on December 19, 2012, by Keith S Smith of West Chester, Pennsylvania.)
 
Indian Rock Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Keith S Smith, November 16, 2012
2. Indian Rock Marker
Indian Rock - Along the Brandywine Creek, which the native people here called Wawassan image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Keith S Smith, November 16, 2012
3. Indian Rock - Along the Brandywine Creek, which the native people here called Wawassan
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on August 16, 2024. It was originally submitted on December 19, 2012, by Keith S Smith of West Chester, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 2,831 times since then and 104 times this year. Last updated on December 22, 2012. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on December 19, 2012, by Keith S Smith of West Chester, Pennsylvania. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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