Liberty Township near Blanchard in Centre County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Great Shamokin Path

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, May 27, 2013

1. Great Shamokin Path Marker

Inscription. The Indian highway from Shamokin, now Sunbury, to Kittanning, left the Bald Eagle Valley to follow Marsh Creek and Little Marsh Creek. It crossed the Allegheny Mt. by way of Snow Shoe and Moshannon.

Erected 1950 by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Roads & Vehicles. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) series list.

Location. 41° 3.596′ N, 77° 37.099′ W. Marker is near Blanchard, Pennsylvania, in Centre County. It is in Liberty Township. It is on North Eagle Valley Road (Pennsylvania Route 150) 0.1 miles west of Marsh Creek Road ( Route 1002), on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 115 Marsh Creek Rd, Howard PA 16841, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Pennsylvania Wilds.

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 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Beech Creek Memorial Presbyterian Church Bell (approx. 1.9 miles away); War Memorial (approx. 2.3 miles away); M46 Patton (approx. 2.3 miles away); Community Service Monument (approx. 2.3 miles

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away); Warriors Path (approx. 3½ miles away); William F. Packer (approx. 3.8 miles away); a different marker also named Great Shamokin Path (approx. 7.2 miles away); Nathan Harvey House (approx. 7½ miles away).

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, May 27, 2013

2. Great Shamokin Path Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on May 29, 2013, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 926 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 29, 2013, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.