First Protestant Church - East Hickory, Pennsylvania
Posted by: Szuchie
N 41° 35.186 W 079° 24.232
17T E 633042 N 4605090
A historical marker depicting the location of the first Protestant church west of the Allegheny Mountains.
Waymark Code: WM378M
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 02/21/2008
Views: 19
At this location visitors will find a Pennsylvania Historical Marker that details this as the site of an Indian mission as well as the first Protestant church building west of the Allegheny Mountains. The marker text states:
Name of Indian mission near here, at which the first Protestant church building west of the Allegheny Mountains was built by Zeisberger in 1769. Term is Delaware word meaning "northerly stream place."
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