Mt. Equity Plantation

Mt. Equity Plantation is a Pennsylvania historical marker in just NW of Turtlepoint, McKean County, dedicated 1949.

McKean County · dedicated 1949 · Turtle Point-Larabee Rd. (PA 155), near Rock Run Rd., just NW of Turtlepoint

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Gov. Thos. McKean, for whom the county was named, purchased here, in 1805, a 299-acre tract. Its name derived from the fact that the purchase was made in part to give Pennsylvania equity of power in lands settled by Connecticut.

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Mt. Equity Plantation

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