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Queen Esther of Pennsylvania was a Native American woman belonging to the Iroquois in the mid-18th century. Her village consisted of over five hundred citizens and was located between the towns of Sayre, Pennsylvania , Athens, Pennsylvania and Waverly, New York .
Pa. 199, S end Chemung River Bridge into Athens Roadside Native American Teaoga & Queen Esther's Town - PLAQUE: 1928: US 220 (E side), 1 mile N of Milan Plaque Cities & Towns, Early Settlement, Native American The Carrying Path - PLAQUE: n/a PA 199 at N end of bridge into Athens (MISSING) Plaque Native American, Paths & Trails Warriors Path ...
Esther Montour, (c.1720– [8]: p.984 ), called Queen Esther, was the eldest daughter of French Margaret. She married Echogohund, chief of the Munsee Delaware, and became their leader following his death. Her home was at Sheshequin (now Ulster Township, Pennsylvania).
The Battle of Wyoming, also known as the Wyoming Massacre, was a military engagement during the American Revolutionary War between Patriot militia and a force of Loyalist soldiers and Iroquois warriors.
Queen Esther may refer to: Esther Montour, Iroquois woman of northeastern Pennsylvania from the mid-1700s; Queen Esther, the biblical character Queen Esther, an 1878 portrait of Esther; Queen Esther Marrow (born 1941), soul and gospel singer; Queen Esther (artist), musician, performer, writer and vocalist
Catharine Montour, also known as Queen Catharine (died after 1791), was a prominent Iroquois leader living in Queanettquaga, a Seneca village of Sheaquaga, [1] informally called Catharine's Town, in western New York.
Forty Fort was a stronghold built by settlers from Connecticut, on the Susquehanna River in what is now Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.Before the American Revolutionary War, both Connecticut and Pennsylvania claimed this territory, as Connecticut had laid claim to a wide swath of land to its west based on its colonial charter.
The festival was themed about a fictional “Catholic” saint called "Esterica" who was heavily based upon Queen Esther.During the festival the New Christian women fasted for 3 days as Esther herself, her uncle Mordechai and the Jews of Persia did in the Book of Esther prior to her meeting with King Achashverosh.