Hickory Town
Inscription
Site across the river of Zeisberger's "Middle Town," later called Hickory Town. Here his noted dispute with Wangomen took place in 1767. Here too ended Indian paths from the south, by which trade goods were obtained.
Location
AddressUS 62 near Little Hickory Rd. (SR 3004), 2 miles S of East Hickory
CountyForest
StatePennsylvania
Coordinates41.559050, -79.418850
Sources
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Howard Zahniser
N of Tionesta, PA
Conservationist and architect of the National Wilderness Preservation System Act of 1964.
Goschgoschink
Name applied at the time of Zeisberger's arrival in 1767 to all three of the refugee Indian towns.
Forest County
Tionesta, PA
Formed April 11, 1848 from Jefferson County.
Lawunakhannek
Name of Indian mission near here, at which the first Protestant church building west of the Allegheny Mountains was built by Zeisberger...
Indian Paths
Across the river here paths led over the hills to Oil Creek.