Conestoga Indian Town - PLAQUE
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Gosffo
N 39° 57.594 W 076° 24.019
18S E 380397 N 4424245
Conestoga Indians lived near here!
Waymark Code: WMMR9
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 08/19/2006
Views: 21
Marker Text:
The Conestoga Indians In origin largely the survivors Of the defeated ancient Susquehannas or Minquas Of Iroquoian stock Located their village Variously on these lands In the Penn Proprietary Manor of Conestoga Chiefly west of this point. They were visited...
here in 1701 by William Penn who made treaties with them. The tribe was extermined by the Paxton Boys in 1763.
Marker Name: Conestoga Indian Town - PLAQUE
County: Lancaster
Date Dedicated: 09/01/1924
Marker Type: Plaque
Location: SR 3017 (Safe Harbor Rd.) at Indian Marker Rd. near Letort, 4 miles SW of Millersville
Category: Early Settlement, Native American
Website: Not listed
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