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This is a list of Native American archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania.. Historic sites in the United States qualify to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places by passing one or more of four different criteria; Criterion D permits the inclusion of proven and potential archaeological sites. [1]
40°26′18″N 79°59′46″W / 40.4384°N 79.9961°W / 40.4384; -79.9961 (Allegheny County Courthouse and Jail) Allegheny. Spectacular jail and courthouse designed by architect Henry Hobson Richardson in a Romanesque style. 4. Allegheny Portage Railroad of the Pennsylvania Canal. Allegheny Portage Railroad of the Pennsylvania ...
300−400. Shamokin (/ ʃəˈmoʊkɪn /; Saponi Algonquian Schahamokink: "place of crawfish") (Lenape: Shahëmokink [1]) was a multi-ethnic Native American trading village on the Susquehanna River, located partially within the limits of the modern cities of Sunbury and Shamokin Dam, Pennsylvania. It should not be confused with present-day ...
List of place names of Native American origin in Pennsylvania. This is a list of Native American place names in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Aliquippa, Pennsylvania. Allegheny Mountain (Pennsylvania) Allegheny Mountains. Allegheny River. Catasauqua, Pennsylvania. Catawissa Creek.
Indian Caverns was a show cave in Spruce Creek, Pennsylvania, United States from 1929-2017. It is a horizontal karst cave of Ordovician Nealmont/Benner limestone, estimated to be about 500,000 years old. It is the second-largest cave in Pennsylvania and the largest limestone cave. Indian Caverns consists of two sections, originally separated by ...
The history of Pittsburgh began with centuries of Native American civilization in the modern Pittsburgh region, known as Jaödeogë’ in the Seneca language. [1] Eventually, European explorers encountered the strategic confluence where the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers meet to form the Ohio, which leads to the Mississippi River.
Great Shamokin Path Pennsylvania Historical Marker on Pennsylvania Route 150 west of Lock Haven. The Great Shamokin Path (also known as the "Shamokin Path") was a major Native American trail in the U.S. State of Pennsylvania that ran from the native village of Shamokin (modern-day Sunbury) along the left bank of the West Branch Susquehanna River north and then west to the Great Island (near ...
The Museum of Indian Culture is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization [1] and educational center in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1980, the center is dedicated to presenting, preserving, and perpetuating the history of the Lenape and other Northeastern Woodland Indian cultures. [2] The Museum of Indian Culture is located in the Lehigh ...