On Water Street (Pennsylvania Route 441) 0.1 miles south of Manor Street, on the left when traveling south.
Maryland's charter, granted in 1632, included old Philadelphia since it made the 40th parallel, which crosses the river near this point, her northern boundary. This charter conflicted with the charter given William Penn in 1681. After more than . . . — — Map (db m15042) HM
On River Road (Pennsylvania Route 3030) 0.3 miles south of Blue Rock Road, on the right when traveling south.
This was the chief trail used by the Minqua (Susquehannock) Indians to carry great wealth in beaver skins to the white settlements on the Delaware during the mid-seventeenth century. The Swedes, Dutch and English warred for the control of this trade. — — Map (db m160246) HM
On River Road (Pennsylvania Route 441) at Charlestown Road, on the right when traveling south on River Road.
Noted indian trader and interpreter
in early Pennsylvania and Maryland
Frenchman from Canada
who resided
at Fort St. Louis
of the Sieur de la Salle
in present Illinois, 1684-1690
A leader thence of the Shawnee Indians
to Maryland, . . . — — Map (db m161069) HM
On River Road, 0.1 miles south of Penn Street (Pennsylvania Route 999), on the left when traveling south.
This area contains one of the highest concentrations of archaeological sites in Pennsylvania. The sites range from small camps to large villages and cover 11,000 years of Native American culture. the largest villages were built by the Susquehannocks . . . — — Map (db m159514) HM