Friedensstadt
Posted by: TrailShadow
N 40° 55.459 W 080° 22.783
17T E 552226 N 4530540
Early Indian site.
Waymark Code: WM1JWF
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 05/22/2007
Views: 52
Abandoned April 13, 1773, when its inhabitants, with the Rev. John Heckewelder, moved to new towns on the Muskingum in present Ohio. There some of them were massacred, March 8, 1782, by Pennsylvania militia.
Marker Name: Friedensstadt
County: Lawrence
Date Dedicated: 03/12/1948
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: Pa. 18 (near junction Pa. 168) N of Moravia, S of New Castle
Category: Cities & Towns
Website: Not listed
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