Emmaus

Emmaus is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Emmaus, Lehigh County, dedicated 1966.

Lehigh County · dedicated 1966 · Main St. at library (near Klines Ln.), Emmaus

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Called by the Indians "Macungie," or "feeding place of the bears." Area settlement begun in 1730's, and a Shelter House was erected in 1734. Moravians established a "Gemein-Ort," or congregational village, and named it after the biblical town of Emmaus in 1761.

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