EMMAUS
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unimoggers
N 40° 32.462 W 075° 29.192
18T E 458799 N 4487923
The library isn't where I thought it would be.
Waymark Code: WMZMJ
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 11/25/2006
Views: 39
Marker Text:
Called by the Indians "Macungie," or "feeding place of the bears." Area settlement begun in 1730's, and a Shelter House was erected in 1734. Moravians established a "Gemein-Ort," or congregational village, and named it after the biblical town of Emmaus in 1761.
Marker Name: Emmaus
County: Lehigh
Date Dedicated: 07/26/1966
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: Main St. at library, Emmaus
Category: Cities & Towns, Native American
Website: Not listed
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