Bald Eagle's Nest

Bald Eagle's Nest is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Milesburg, Centre County, dedicated 1947.

Turnpike St. (US 220 alt./PA 144) at Eagle St, just S of truss bridge over Spring Creek, Milesburg

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A Delaware Indian village named for a noted Munsee chief Woapalanne or "Bald Eagle." Located at union of Spring and Bald Eagle Creeks. From here raids on the frontier were made in Revolutionary days.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1908 · Bellefonte, Pennsylvania (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1909 · Bellefonte, Pennsylvania (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1924 · Pennsylvania, Western Section. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1927 · Pennsylvania (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1981 · Important farmlands, Centre County, Pennsylvania (Penn State University Libraries)

Pennsylvania, 1927, covering the location of Bald Eagle's Nest, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Pennsylvania, 1927, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Marker data: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission via data.pa.gov

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