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Pentress in Monongalia County, West Virginia — The American South (Appalachia)
 

Catawba War Path

 
 
Catawba War Path Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By J. J. Prats, May 15, 2007
1. Catawba War Path Marker
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Branch of Warrior Trail of the Great Catawba Indian War Path located here where Mason and Dixon Survey crossed Dunkard Creek for third time. Guide, Six Nations Indians’ chief, declared he “would not proceed one step further,” because hostile Delaware and Shawnee Indians had ordered them to halt. On Oct. 18, 1767, western end of original Mason-Dixon Line was set on the next high peak, Brown’s Hill.
 
Erected 1990 by West Virginia Department of Culture and History.
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial EraLandmarksNative AmericansRoads & Vehicles. In addition, it is included in the West Virginia Archives and History series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1767.
 
Location. Marker has been reported missing. It was located near 39° 42.833′ N, 80° 6.783′ W. Marker was in Pentress, West Virginia, in Monongalia County. Marker was on Buckeye Road (County Route 29) north of Mason-Dixon Highway (West Virginia Route 7), on the left when traveling north. It is in the parking lot of the Mason-Dixon Historical Park. Touch for map. Marker was in this post office area: Morgantown WV 26501, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this location, measured as the
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crow flies. Shanks Mill (within shouting distance of this marker); Border Heroine (approx. ¼ mile away); a different marker also named Catawba War Path (approx. 0.4 miles away); Price Memorial Cemetery (approx. one mile away); Statler's Fort (approx. 1.3 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 2.3 miles away); Civil War Monument (approx. 2½ miles away in Pennsylvania); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 2.7 miles away in Pennsylvania).
 
Regarding Catawba War Path. “The Great [Catawba] Indian Warpath, … was that part of the network of trails in eastern North America developed and used by Native Americans which ran through the Great Appalachian Valley. The system of footpaths … extended from what is now upper New York State to deep within Georgia. Various Indians traded and made war along the trails, including the Catawba, numerous Algonquian tribes, the Cherokee, and the Iroquois Confederacy. The British traders’ name for the route was derived from combining its name among the northeastern Algonquin tribes, ‘Mishimayagat’ or ‘Great Trail’, with that of the Shawnee and Delaware, ‘Athawominee’ or ‘Path where they go armed.’ ” —quoted from Wikipedia.

“The [Warrior] Trail runs from Greensboro, Pennsylvania, on the Monongahela River in the east to the Ohio River
Catawba War Path Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By J. J. Prats, May 15, 2007
2. Catawba War Path Marker
in West Virginia. In prehistoric times it was used to obtain supplies of flint from the Flint Ridge area in Ohio and conduct commerce. From the eastern terminus … on the Monongahela River the trail is generally east-west about 5 to 6 miles north of the Mason Dixon line … It extends 45 miles westward across Greene County … [and] Marshall County, West Virginia … to the western terminus on the Ohio. The trail follows the divide between watersheds. There are no streams to ford.” —quoted from the Warrior Trail Association website.

A branch of the Warrior Trail crossed what would become the Mason-Dixon line and continued past where this marker is located.

The Mason–Dixon Line forms the southern border of present-day Pennsylvania and the western border of Delaware, separating them from West Virginia and Maryland. It is a perfectly straight line west-to-east where it makes a right angle and continues straight south terminating at the end of the east-west border separating Delaware from Maryland. It was surveyed when the states were still British colonies by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon between 1763 and 1767 as they worked their way from east to west. Maryland and Pennsylvania both claimed the land between the 39th and 40th parallels according to the charters granted to each colony. (The three counties that form present-day Delaware were then part of Pennsylvania.)
Catawba War Path Marker Is Missing image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Bradley Owen, June 14, 2021
3. Catawba War Path Marker Is Missing

 
Also see . . .  The Mason-Dixon Line: What Is It? Where is it? Why is it Important?. History Cooperative website entry (Submitted on January 27, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.) 
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on January 27, 2022. It was originally submitted on May 24, 2007, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 2,786 times since then and 53 times this year. Last updated on June 14, 2021, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on May 24, 2007, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.   3. submitted on June 14, 2021, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.

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