Gallows Hill - PLAQUE
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N 40° 31.870 W 075° 13.370
18T E 481127 N 4486738
First day!
Waymark Code: WM19Z4
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 03/10/2007
Views: 51
Marker Text:
Here Edward Marshall and his associates of the famous Indian Walk of a day and a half September 19-20, 1737 left the Old Durham Road on the first day and followed the well-beaten Indian path which led northwesterly through present Hellertown, Bethlehem...
In the early afternoon of Sept. 20, Edward Marshall, with an official timer, ended the "Indian Walk," having covered some 65 miles in 18 hours travel. His stopping place is supposed to have been in this general area.
Twenty years after Wiliam Penn's death, his sons and agents needed more land for the many settlers entering the area. The agent claimed they had a deed dating to the 1680's between William Penn and the Lenape-Delawares. The Indians had promised to sell land "as far as a man could walk in a day and a half." Chief Lappawinsoe, believing the treaty genuine and assuming a man could only walk 40 miles, agreed to the WALK! The Provinical Secretary James Loagan planned well and hired 3 men, Edward Marshall, Solomon Jennings and James Yeates to run!
Seventy miles, in a day and a half, netted the Penn's 1,200,000 acres and lost them the respect of the Indians.
Marker Name: Gallows Hill - PLAQUE
County: Bucks
Date Dedicated: 11/01/1925
Marker Type: Plaque
Location: Intersection PA 412 & SR 4075 (Gallows Hill Rd.), Stony Point
Category: Native American, Paths & Trails
Website: [Web Link]
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