Great Minquas Path

Chester County · dedicated 1951 · S High St. (Bus. US 322) at Church Ave., SE of West Chester

An important Indian trail, key to Pennsylvania's fur trade in the 17th century, crossed the present highway near here. It linked trading posts on the lower Schuylkill with Indian towns to the west. The Dutch, Swedes, and English fought one another for control of path.

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