Conrad Weiser Trading Post

Conrad Weiser Trading Post is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Reading, Berks County, dedicated 1951.

Berks County · dedicated 1951 · 505 Penn St., Penn Sq., Reading

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A hewn-log building, erected on this site about 1750; operated until 1760 by Conrad Weiser, distinguished pioneer settler, treaty maker, Indian agent and interpreter, and first Berks county lay judge.

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