"Indiantown"
Posted by: ODragon
N 40° 24.099 W 076° 34.548
18T E 366278 N 4473529
A marker on a road.
Waymark Code: WM5AKN
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 12/08/2008
Views: 39
Please note: the online version of the text is wrong, starting with "The native" instead of the actual text "A native".
The plaque says:
A native village from which, in turn, the Creek, Gap, and great Military Reservation derived their names, formerly stood near here. The Delaware Indians took this route to Shamokin, upon their removal from the Schuylkill region.
Marker Name: Indiantown
County: Lebanon
Date Dedicated: 03/01/1947
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: Intersection Pa. 934 & old U.S. 22, Harper Tavern
Category: Early Settlement, Native American
Website: Not listed
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