Seneca Crossing

Seneca Crossing is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Warren County, dedicated 2007.

Scandia Road (SR 1013) & Eqypt Hollow Rd./Wigwam Dr.

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Native Americans, French explorers, and Revolutionary War soldiers all used this 8-mile cross-country portage to access the upper reaches of the Allegheny River from Conewango Creek. This historic trail provided travelers with a preferable alternative to the arduous 26-mile upriver trip to the heart of the Seneca Nation. Several lower branches of Seneca Crossing converged near here, the trail's mid-point. The route continued to Kinzua.

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1823 · Pennsylvania. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1872 · Warren, McKean, Potter, Forest, Elk, Cameron counties. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1903 · Pennsylvania. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1906 · Warren, Pennsylvania (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
Pennsylvania. (Penn State University Libraries)

Warren, McKean, Potter, Forest, Elk, Cameron counties, 1872, covering the location of Seneca Crossing, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Warren, McKean, Potter, Forest, Elk, Cameron counties, 1872, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Seneca Crossing

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