Indian Paths
Inscription
Across the river here paths led over the hills to Oil Creek. Each year, in spring, the Indians used to travel westward to gather petroleum from the oil pits, boil maple sugar and make bark canoes.
Location
AddressUS 62, next to W Forest school, 2.3 miles S of East Hickory
CountyForest
StatePennsylvania
Coordinates41.545940, -79.431640
Sources
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Howard Zahniser
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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
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