CUSHETUNK
Posted by: unimoggers
N 41° 41.014 W 075° 03.313
18T E 495404 N 4614645
Not much additonal information on the web. Listed as missing on the PHMC site. I sought this baby out!
Waymark Code: WMXDA
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 11/03/2006
Views: 35
Marker Text
The first Connecticut settlement on the upper Delaware was made here in 1755, under lead of Moses Thomas and Daniel Skinner, on lands called Cushetunk by the Indians. Settlement seized by Indians and Tories, 1778.
Marker Name: Cushetunk
County: Wayne
Date Dedicated: 05/28/1947
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: SR 1004 N of Milanville (Missing) NOT!!
Category: American Revolution, Early Settlement, Government & Politics, Government & Politics 18th Century, Native American
Website: Not listed
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