Black Walnut in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Sullivan Expedition Against the Iroquois Indians, 1779

Vanderlip's Farm

Photographed by Don Morfe, October 13, 2015

1. Sullivan Expedition Against the Iroquois Indians, 1779 Marker

Inscription. Fourteen miles from Tunkhannock, Fourth Encampment of Sullivan's Army, on the march from Wyoming to Teaoga August 4-5, 1779, lay on this lowland known as blade Walnut Flats.

Erected 1929 by Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and Communities • War, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC), and the The Sullivan-Clinton Expedition Against the Iroquois Indians series lists. A significant historical date for this entry is August 4, 1779.

Location. 41° 36.853′ N, 76° 7.071′ W. Marker is in Black Walnut, Pennsylvania, in Wyoming County. It is at the intersection of Roosevelt Highway (US 6) and Blue Stone Road on Roosevelt Highway (US 6). Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Meshoppen PA 18630, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Wyoming Valley

and in Greater Scranton and Wilkes-Barre. 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 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Sullivan's March (here, next to this marker); War Memorial (approx. 0.7 miles away); George H. Sterling (approx. 2.2 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 3.1 miles away); World Wars Memorial (approx.

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3.7 miles away); Unreturned Civil War Soldiers (approx. 6.1 miles away); a different marker also named Sullivan's March (approx. 6.8 miles away); Friedenshuetten (approx. 6.9 miles away).

Photographed by Don Morfe, October 13, 2015

2. Sullivan Expedition Against the Iroquois Indians, 1779 Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on November 13, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 818 times since then and 42 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 13, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.