Near Clearfield in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Chinklacamoose

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, September 26, 2014

1. Chinklacamoose Marker

Inscription. Name of the Indian village located here, and visited by C.F. Post while traveling to an Indian council at Kuskuski in 1758. The later Clearfield is said to get its name from clearings made by grazing bison along nearby creeks.

Erected 1947 by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1758.

Location. 41° 0.275′ N, 78° 27.36′ W. Marker is near Clearfield, Pennsylvania, in Clearfield County. It is at the intersection of South 2nd Street and Clearfield-Shawville Highway (Pennsylvania Route 879), on the right when traveling north on South 2nd Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Clearfield PA 16830, 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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Trout Stocking (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Kurtz Field (approx. one mile away); Daniel Ogden (approx. 1.2 miles away); Senator William I. Betts (approx. 1.3 miles away); St. Francis Church Building 100th Anniversary

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(approx. 1.4 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.4 miles away); War Memorial (approx. 1.4 miles away); Murray House (approx. 1.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Clearfield.

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, September 26, 2014

2. Chinklacamoose Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on September 27, 2014, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 1,638 times since then and 63 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 27, 2014, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.