United States / Kittanning, PA

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Kittanning or Attique Indian Town - PLAQUE. Kittanning or Attique Indian Town was located on this river flat. The chief settlement as early as 1727, of the Lenni-Lenape or Delaware Indians in their early westward movement from the Susquehanna River, became the most important Indian center west of ...

At park on E bank of Allegheny River, adjacent to bridge, N. Water & Market Sts., Kittanning, PA, United States

Kittanning. The most notable Delaware Indian village west of the Alleghenies, was situated here from about 1730 until destroyed by Armstrong's expedition in 1756. Its name means "great river", applying to the Ohio-Allegheny.

At Highway garage on US 422 (S Water Street), Kittanning, PA, United States

General John Armstrong - PLAQUE. In memory of General John Armstrong, a Scottish Covenanter and a soldier of the American Revolution. Lieutenant Colonel, 2d. Battalion Provincial troops 1756. Brigadier General Continental Army 1776. Major General Pennsylvania Militia 1778 to close of war. In command of Pennsylvania Militia at Brandywine and Germantown. Died 1795.

mounted on Armstrong Co. Courthouse at entrance, N end of Market St., Kittanning, PA, United States

Armstrong County. Formed March 12, 1800 out of Westmoreland, Allegheny, and Lycoming counties. Named for Gen. John Armstrong, who had destroyed the Indian Village at Kittanning, 1756. Here, county seat was laid out, 1803, and "Daugherty Visible" typewriter invented in 1881.

Courthouse, N. end Market St., Kittanning, PA, United States