William Henry

William Henry is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Lancaster County, dedicated 1950.

Lancaster County · dedicated 1950 · NW section of Square, Lancaster (Missing)

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First man in America to apply steam to navigation. His stern-wheel steamboat ran on the Conestoga prior to 1765. Site of house that he occupied, 1760-1786, is about 60 yards northwest from here.

under a mile from where Anna Magdalena Steli lived in the 1740s

what this marker records spans 1760 to 1786, overlapping Anna Magdalena Steli's years here

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

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