THE SULLIVAN EXPEDITION AGAINST THE IROQUOIS INDIANS 1779 - PLAQUE
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A beautiful plaque right near the blue marker. These have great maps that the blue markers obviously don't have.
Waymark Code: WMWA0
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 10/24/2006
Views: 48
Plaque Reads:
The last house on the frontier. The end of the second day's march. June 19, 1779. Distance 16 miles.
Marker Text from the blue marker:
Learned's Tavern marked the end of the second day's march from Easton to Fort Wyoming, at Wilkes-Barre. The army camped here June 19, 1779, after a 16-mile march from Heller's Tavern.
Marker Name: The Sullivan Expedition Against the Iroquois Indians
County: Monroe
Date Dedicated: 06/06/1929
Marker Type: Plaque
Location: Pa. 611, Tannersville
Category: Military, Civil War
Website: [Web Link]
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