Bald Eagle Creek Path
The Bald Eagle Creek Path (also one of several known as the Warriors Path) was a major
Course
The Bald Eagle Creek Path started at the Great Island (today in the modern city of Lock Haven), which is in the West Branch Susquehanna River at the mouth of
After leaving the Great Island, the path ran along the west side (
In Blair County, the path followed Logan Spring Run to the
History
Bald Eagle or Woapalanee was a Lenape chief whose village at modern Milesburg, Pennsylvania was known as Bald Eagle's Nest or Wapalanewachschiechey. The identity of Bald Eagle is unclear though. One chief with that name, who was "friendly and respected" was murdered on the Monongahela River in 1773. Another Bald Eagle, for whom the historic record is less clear, is traditionally supposed to have been the leader of raiding parties against white settlers on the West Branch Susquehanna River during the American Revolutionary War. He killed a brother of Samuel Brady near Williamsport in 1778 and Brady killed him on the Allegheny River in what is now Clarion County the next year. In any case, Bald Eagle gave his name directly or indirectly to Bald Eagle Mountain, two Bald Eagle Creeks, the Bald Eagle Creek Path, Bald Eagle State Park, the Nittany and Bald Eagle Railroad, and Bald Eagle Township.[3][4]
In 1949, the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission put up a historical marker on Pennsylvania Route 150 near the borough of Howard commemorating the path, which it called the "Warriors Path".[5] Wallace's book Indian Paths of Pennsylvania, originally published in 1964 and since updated, noted that many north–south paths were called Warriors Path, and called this Bald Eagle Creek Path.[1]
While the path no longer exists, several highways approximate portions of its course. From Lock Haven to Milesburg to Bellefonte, Pennsylvania Route 150 follows the creek and general course of the path fairly closely. From Bellefonte to Tyrone,
References
- ^ ISBN 0-89271-090-X.
(Note: ISBN refers to 1998 impression.)
- ^ a b "Bald Eagle State Park". Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Archived from the original on February 14, 2004. Retrieved December 7, 2009.
- ISBN 978-0-89271-017-1.
- OCRtypos.
- ^ "Pennsylvania Historical Marker Program". searchable database. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Archived from the original on March 21, 2016. Retrieved December 8, 2009.