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Friedensstadt

Lawrence County · dedicated 1948 · PA 18 (4353 HWY. 18), near PA 168 junction, N of Moravia [a few meters from marker w/ same title]

Abandoned April 13, 1773, when its inhabitants, with the Rev. John Heckewelder, moved to new towns on the Muskingum in present Ohio. There some of them were massacred, March 8, 1782, by Pennsylvania militia.

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

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