> A long Route 209 near Kresgeville, this historical marker is located about a mile to the northwest of the site where Pennsylvania soldiers commanded by Benjamin Franklin built Fort Norris in early 1756.
> M otorists who drive along Route 209 between Shawnee on Delaware and Lehighton are using the modern version of The Pohopoco Path, an Indian trail that ran between the Delaware and Lehigh Rivers. Fort Hamilton was built along this trail, as were Forts Norris near Kresgeville and Fort Allen at Weissport. When Europeans settled above the Blue Mountain, they widened the path so that horse-drawn wagons could use it. The map is from Paul Wallace’s 1971 book, “Indian Paths of Pennsylvania.”
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