Photograph of the lithograph, "The Murder of the Conestoga Indians by the Paxton Boys. N.W. Cor. King and Prince Sts."
Description
Photograph of the lithograph, "The Murder of the Conestoga Indians by the Paxton Boys" northwest corner of King Street and Prince Street. This lithograph was created by T. Sinclair's Lith., Philadelphia, for the book, "Events in Indian History," by James Witmer which was published in Lancaster by G. Hills & Co. in 1841.
Papers regarding the Paxton Boys and the Conestoga Massacre (MG0614)
George Steinman Papers, Series 1 (MG0184_S01) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/786b3ffc-7908-40de-9362-817467455650
George Steinman Papers, Series 2 (MG0184_S02) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/6c7e11c6-f3ca-469c-891a-145832196710
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Other Numbers
MG-184, Series 2
Other Number
MG-184, Series 2, Folder 16, Item 17
Classification
MG0184
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Item
Custodial History
Added to database 12 September 2023.
Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # C980002119, 2021-2024.
Historic marker placed by Pennsylvania Water and Power Company near Safe Harbor. Conestoga Indian Town. The Conestoga Indians lived in sacttered settlements along this stream. They were the last of the once mighty Susquehannocks. Their f
Historic marker placed by Pennsylvania Water and Power Company near Safe Harbor. Conestoga Indian Town. The Conestoga Indians lived in sacttered settlements along this stream. They were the last of the once mighty Susquehannocks. Their f
Description
Historic marker placed by Pennsylvania Water and Power Company near Safe Harbor. "Conestoga Indian Town. The Conestoga Indians lived in sacttered settlements along this stream. They were the last of the once mighty Susquehannocks. Their final location was the Conestoga Indian Town which was along the road leading to Creswell. William Penn visited the Conestoga indians in 1701. The remnants of this tribe were massacred by the Paxton boys in December 1763."
Boulder and bronze tablet at the site of Conestoga Indian Town. The town was located on the road from Letort to Safe Harbor in Manor Township between the years of 1682 and 1763. Monument erected in 1924.
Provenance
Album of historical markers erected by the Lancaster County Historical Society, compiled by George L. Heiges in 1986.
Boulder and bronze tablet at the site of Conestoga Indian Town. The town was located on the road from Letort to Safe Harbor in Manor Township between the years of 1682 and 1763. Monument erected in 1924.
Provenance
Album of historical markers erected by the Lancaster County Historical Society, compiled by George L. Heiges in 1986.
Historic marker placed by the Pennsylvania Water and Power Corporation near Safe Harbor.
The Susquehannocks. The most warlike of all Indian tribes lived along this river. Thier power was broken in 1675 by a long war with the Five Natio
Description
Historic marker placed by the Pennsylvania Water and Power Corporation near Safe Harbor:
"The Susquehannocks. The most warlike of all Indian tribes lived along this river. Thier power was broken in 1675 by a long war with the Five Nations, and the Maryland and Virginia colonies. Fortified towns were located near Turkey Hill and near Long Level. An Indian exploration by the Pennsylvania Historical Commission and the Safe Harbor Water Power Corporation in 1930 recovered thousands of artifacts, now in the Pennsylvania State Museum at Harrisburg."
Historic marker placed by Pennsylvania Water and Power Company near Safe Harbor.
Indian Carvings. Petroglyphs, dating back to the original Algonquin Indians who lovedin this vicinity, can be seen on the Big and Little Indian Rocks in the
Historic marker placed by Pennsylvania Water and Power Company near Safe Harbor.
Indian Carvings. Petroglyphs, dating back to the original Algonquin Indians who lovedin this vicinity, can be seen on the Big and Little Indian Rocks in the
Description
Historic marker placed by Pennsylvania Water and Power Company near Safe Harbor.
"Indian Carvings. Petroglyphs, dating back to the original Algonquin Indians who lovedin this vicinity, can be seen on the Big and Little Indian Rocks in the river bed 800 feet downstream. Other rock carvings, now submerged, were found on Walnut Island and near Creswell above the dam. These were preserved by plaster casts made by the Pennsylvania Historical Commission in 1930."
These old photos taken back in the early 1930s prior to the closure of the dam at Safe Harbor are on Indian petrographs on rocks that later were submerged in the Susquehanna River. These are presented to the LCHS by Brig. Gen. Richard B. Nissley, 1117 Wheatland Ave., Lancaster.
He says they were taken by his scoutmaster when Gen. Nissley was a Boy Scout.
These old photos taken back in the early 1930s prior to the closure of the dam at Safe Harbor are on Indian petrographs on rocks that later were submerged in the Susquehanna River. These are presented to the LCHS by Brig. Gen. Richard B. Nissley, 1117 Wheatland Ave., Lancaster.
He says they were taken by his scoutmaster when Gen. Nissley was a Boy Scout.
