Bloomsburg in Columbia County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Fort Wheeler

Photographed by Don Morfe, October 11, 2015

1. Fort Wheeler Marker

Inscription. A stockade-type fort was built here in 1778 along Fishing Creek by Moses Van Campen. It served during the Revolution as a refuge against the Indians, by whom it was once attacked. Van Campen was the noted Indian scout of this region

Erected 1948 by Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission.

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Forts and Castles • Indigenous Peoples and Communities • War, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) series list.

Location. 41° 1.525′ N, 76° 25.681′ W. Memorial is in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, in Columbia County. It is at the intersection of Lightstreet Road (PA 487) and Paper Mill Road on Lightstreet Road (PA 487). This marker is near the Bloomsburg Visitors Center. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Bloomsburg PA 17815, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Pennsylvania’s Anthracite Coal Region

and in the Susquehanna Valley.

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: War Memorial (approx. 1.2 miles away); Espy (approx. 1.6 miles away); War Hero Memorial Pinery (approx. 1.8 miles away); Carver Hall (approx. 1.8 miles away); 134-140 East Main Street

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(approx. 2 miles away); 118 East Main Street (approx. 2 miles away); Saint Paul's Episcopal Church (approx. 2 miles away); Beth Israel Congregation (approx. 2.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Bloomsburg.

Also see . . . MarkerQuest - Fort Wheeler. (Submitted on August 17, 2022, by Laura Klotz of Northampton, Pennsylvania.)

Photographed by Don Morfe, October 11, 2015

2. Fort Wheeler Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on August 17, 2022. It was originally submitted on October 24, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 1,094 times since then and 64 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 24, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.