United States / Bloomsburg, PA

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Wyoming Path. Important path linking the many Indian settlements in the Wyoming Valley with Shamokin, now Sunbury. In 1742 Count Zinzendorf, organizer of Moravian missions, came this way after visiting the Shawnees at Wyoming.

W 2nd St. (US 11) near W Ft. McClure Blvd., at Fairgrounds, Bloomsburg, PA, United States

Fort McClure. Early in 1781 the McClure house was stockaded by the noted Indian fighter, Moses Van Campen, to protect settlers in this region after destruction of Fort Jenkins in 1780. Site on the north bank of the Susquehanna in present Bloomsburg.

U.S. 11 at Fairgrounds, Bloomsburg, PA, United States

Columbia County. Formed March 22, 1813 out of Northumberland County. Named in honor of America. County seat, Bloomsburg, became this State's only incorporated town in 1870. A Friends meetinghouse was built at Catawissa about 1789. "Twin covered bridges" at Forks are a unique site.

County Courthouse, Main St., Bloomsburg, PA, United States