Colt's Station

Colt's Station is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Colt's Station, Erie County, dedicated 1951.

Erie County · dedicated 1951 · NE corner of PA 89 and PA 430, Colt's Station

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Judah Colt as Agent began the first Pennsylvania Population Co. development here in 1797, setting up the first organized settlement in Erie County, at head of flatboat navigation on French Creek.

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under a mile from where William Gabby lived in the 1760s

what this marker records spans 1777 to 1789, overlapping William Gabby's years here

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Colt's Station

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