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Indian Jasper Quarries

 
 
Indian Jasper Quarries Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Don Morfe, July 5, 2015
1. Indian Jasper Quarries Marker
Inscription. The most famous of Pennsylvania's Indian quarries may be seen in the woods a few hundred yards southwest of here. Articles made from the jasper were carried by the Indians as far as New England.
 
Erected 1952 by Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission.
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and CommunitiesNatural Resources. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) series list.
 
Location. 40° 30.439′ N, 75° 29.803′ W. Marker is near Emmaus, Pennsylvania, in Lehigh County. It is in Upper Milford Township. It is on Vera Cruz Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 5167 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
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the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Jasper Park Indian (approx. 0.2 miles away); Emmaus (approx. 2.4 miles away); Schubert-Graber Log Post Shop (approx. 2.8 miles away); Hereford Furnace (approx. 5 miles away); Casting Pigs (approx. 5.1 miles away); Servicing the Furnace (approx. 5.1 miles away); Log Haus (approx. 5.1 miles away); Lock Ridge Furnace (approx. 5.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Emmaus.
 
Also see . . .  MarkerQuest - Indian Jasper Quarries. (Submitted on November 10, 2022, by Laura Klotz of Northampton, Pennsylvania.)
 
Indian Jasper Quarries Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Don Morfe, July 5, 2015
2. Indian Jasper Quarries Marker
Jasper Park Indian Monument located in the Park image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Don Morfe, July 5, 2015
3. Jasper Park Indian Monument located in 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 1,338 times since then and 74 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on July 11, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland.   3. submitted on July 12, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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