Historical Marker

Sheshequin Path

PA 14 just N of Oak St., ~1.4 mile NE of Trout Run · Lycoming

Inscription

By this path up Lycoming Creek, Conrad Weiser, with Lewis Evans, map-maker, and John Bartram, botanist, traveled to Onondaga in 1743 on a peace mission for Virginia: "To take the hatchet out of the head of the Six Nations."

Location

AddressPA 14 just N of Oak St., ~1.4 mile NE of Trout Run

CountyLycoming

StatePennsylvania

Coordinates41.401750, -77.045450

Sources

Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission

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