Photograph- Historic marker placed by Pennsylvania Water and Power Company near Safe Harbor.
The Conestoga Road. As early as 1638 an Indian trail, used in the fur trade with the Swedish settlements on the Delaware, crossed Conestoga Creek 400 feet upstream. This trail later became the road connecting the Conestoga Indian settlements with Philadelphia. It passes Postlethwaite's Inn, the first courthouse in Lancaster County in 1729.
Photograph- Historic marker placed by Pennsylvania Water and Power Company near Safe Harbor.
The Conestoga Road. As early as 1638 an Indian trail, used in the fur trade with the Swedish settlements on the Delaware, crossed Conestoga Creek 400 feet upstream. This trail later became the road connecting the Conestoga Indian settlements with Philadelphia. It passes Postlethwaite's Inn, the first courthouse in Lancaster County in 1729.
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Historic marker placed by Pennsylvania Water and Power Company near Safe Harbor.
The Conestoga Road. As early as 1638 an Indian trail, used in the fur trade with the Swedish settlements on the Delaware, crossed Conestoga Creek 400 feet upstream. This trail later became the road connecting the Conestoga Indian settlements with Philadelphia. It passes Postlethwaite's Inn, the first courthouse in Lancaster County in 1729.