Squaw Campaign

Squaw Campaign is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Lawrence County, dedicated 1948.

S Atlantic Ave/Elmwood St. just S of New Castle

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800 unruly militia, under command of Gen. Edward Hand, left Pittsburgh to attack British at present Cleveland, February 1778. At an Indian town in the river-fork below here, they killed a man and an old woman; then returned home.

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Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library

Historical maps covering this location

1778 · The Western Parts of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland and North Carolina. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1782 · Carte de la Pensylvanie et du Nouveau Jersey (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1792 · A Map Of The State Of Pennsylvania. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1795 · Pennsylvania (Lewis, 1795) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1796 · Pennsylvania. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Pennsylvania (Lewis, 1795), 1795, covering the location of Squaw Campaign, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Pennsylvania (Lewis, 1795), 1795, covering this location. Barry Lawrence Ruderman 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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