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Great Minqua Path

Lancaster County · dedicated 1951 · W side of River Rd. between Blue Rock Rd. & Anchor Rd., S of Washington Boro

This was the chief trail used by the Minqua (Susquehannock) Indians to carry great wealth in beaver skins to the white settlements on the Delaware during the mid-seventeenth century. The Swedes, Dutch and English warred for the control of this trade.

USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection

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

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