Chartier's Old Town

Chartier's Old Town is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Tarentum, Allegheny County, dedicated 2015.

Allegheny County · dedicated 2015 · at marina off E 1st Ave. at bridge, Tarentum

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An early Shawnee Indian village located at the site of present Tarentum. It was named for Pierre (Peter) Chartier, who had a trading post here from 1734 to 1743. He was the son of Martin Chartier, a French explorer. Several heavily traveled Indian paths intersected nearby. In 1829, Henry Brackenridge laid out lots for a town along the Pennsylvania Canal and named it Tarentum for an ancient Greek city in present-day Italy.

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Chartier's Old Town

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