Gnadenhuetten
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N 40° 49.484 W 075° 42.942
18T E 439649 N 4519547
Moravain and Indian settlement.
Waymark Code: WMTME
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 10/08/2006
Views: 24
Marker Text:
The Moravian mission of this name was built in 1746 to accommodate the growing number of Mohican and Delaware Indian converts. It was the first white settlement in present-day Carbon County. It was burned on November 24, 1755, during a raid by Indians stirred to violence by the French. Victims of the attack are buried in the Lehighton Cemetery near here.
Gnadenhuetten, meaning "huts of grace", was settled in 1746 by Moravians, Machecan, Munsee and Delaware Indian converts.
Marker Name: Gnadenhuetten
County: Carbon
Date Dedicated: 05/25/1971
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: Penn Street in Lehighton, just north of Boro. Garage
Category: Early Settlement, Native American, Religion
Website: [Web Link]
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