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Jasper Park Indian

 
 
Jasper Park Indian Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Don Morfe, July 5, 2015
1. Jasper Park Indian Marker
Inscription. The name Jasper Park remains a legacy to the labors of the Indian Clan of Chief Lappawinze of the area Lenape Indians who mined Jasper for their tools and arrow heads in the early 1700's in the Jasper quarry pits in this park. This monument presented to the Upper Milford Township.
 
Erected 1992 by The Vera Cruz Community.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and CommunitiesNatural Resources.
 
Location. 40° 30.521′ N, 75° 29.959′ W. Marker is near Emmaus, Pennsylvania, in Lehigh County. It is in Upper Milford Township. It is on Quary Drive South. The park is located off Vera Cruz Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 5056 Vera Cruz Rd, Emmaus PA 18049, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Southeast Pennsylvania and in Lehigh Valley. 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 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 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Indian Jasper Quarries (approx. 0.2 miles away); Emmaus (approx. 2.3 miles away); Schubert-Graber Log Post Shop (approx. 2.8 miles away); Casting Pigs (approx. 4.9 miles away); Hereford Furnace (approx. 5 miles away); Log Haus (approx. 5 miles away); Servicing the Furnace (approx. 5 miles away); The First People (approx. 5 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Emmaus.
 
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Jasper Park Indian Marker below the Indian Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Don Morfe, July 5, 2015
2. Jasper Park Indian Marker below the Indian Monument
Jasper Park sign on Vera Cruz Road and Quarry Drive South image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Don Morfe, July 5, 2015
3. Jasper Park sign on Vera Cruz Road and Quarry Drive South
Indian Jasper Quarries Marker not far from the park image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Don Morfe, July 5, 2015
4. Indian Jasper Quarries Marker not far from the park
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 11, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 2,129 times since then and 153 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on July 11, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland.   4. submitted on July 12, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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Jun. 10, 2026