Walking Purchase
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Don.Morfe
N 40° 41.661 W 075° 29.457
18T E 458520 N 4504943
The fleet-footed Edward Marshall and associates in the day and a half walk on Sept.19-20,1737, crossed Hokendauqua Creek below this point.
Waymark Code: WM12CPQ
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 04/29/2020
Views: 2
Walking Purchase- The fleet-footed Edward Marshall and associates in the day and a half walk on Sept.19-20,1737, crossed Hokendauqua Creek below this point. They spent the first night in the woods near Hockendauqua Indian Town.
Marker Name: Walking Purchase
County: Northampton
Date Dedicated: 06/20/1947
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: Nor Both Blvd. (PA 329) on eastern side of Hokendauqua Creek bridge, near Horner Rd., just E of Northampton
Category: Early Settlement, Native American, William Penn
Website: [Web Link]
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