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Conestoga Indian Town

Conestoga Indian Town is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Lancaster County, dedicated 1967.

Lancaster County · dedicated 1967 · PA 999 (Blue Rock Rd.) between Washington Boro & Millersville, 200 ft. W of Central Manor Rd. (SR 30

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About one mile eastwards stood the Conestoga Indian Town. Its peaceful Iroquoian inhabitants were visited by William Penn in 1701 who made treaties with them. In 1763 they were ruthlessly massacred by a frontier mob called the "Paxtang Boys."

6.8 miles from where Hans Groff lived in the 1690s

what this marker records spans 1701 to 1763, overlapping Hans Groff's years here

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

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