Allen Township near Northampton in Northampton County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Walking Purchase

Photographed by Don Morfe, July 20, 2015

1. Walking Purchase Marker

Inscription. The fleet-footed Edward Marshall and associates in the day and a half walk on Sept.19-20,1737, crossed Hokendauqua Creek below this point. They spent the first night in the woods near Hockendauqua Indian Town.

Erected 1947 by Pennsylvania Historical & 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. A significant historical month for this entry is September 1864.

Location. 40° 41.731′ N, 75° 28.702′ W. Marker is near Northampton, Pennsylvania, in Northampton County. It is in Allen Township. It is on Nor Bath Boulevard just west of Horwith Drive. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1001 Nor Bath Blvd, Northampton PA 18067, 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.

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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: Hockendauqua Indian Town (approx. 0.7 miles away); Hiram Pearson (approx. 0.9 miles away); World War II Honor Roll (approx. 0.9 miles away); Colonel John Siegfried (approx. 1.3 miles away); Horner Cemetery (approx. 1.4 miles away); The Schoefer Kilns (approx. 1.6 miles away); Lehigh Valley Rock Suitable for Hydraulic Cement (approx. 1.6 miles away); Discovery of Portland Cement (approx. 1.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Northampton.

Photographed by Don Morfe, July 20, 2015

2. Walking Purchase Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 26, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 1,071 times since then and 60 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 26, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.