Walking Purchase

Walking Purchase is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Bucks County, dedicated 1949.

Easton Rd. (PA 611) near Durham and S Park Rds., at N end of Ottsville

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Solomon Jennings, one of the three walkers, fell out of the race near here, having covered about 19 miles from Wrightstown. He followed the others to a point near his home on the Lehigh River.

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1924 · New Jersey. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1924 · New York-Philadelphia District. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1927 · New Jersey. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1927 · Pennsylvania (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1943 · Bedminster, Pennsylvania (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

New Jersey, 1927, covering the location of Walking Purchase, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — New Jersey, 1927, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Walking Purchase

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