The Rev. John Heckewelder was born at Bedford, England in 1743. He died in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania January 21, 1823. A Moravian minister, he traveled among Indian tribes in New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio during the 18th century.
In this book Paul a. W. Wallace tells the story of the first generation of the family in this country, beginning with Henry Melchior Muhlenberg, who came from Germany in 1742 to become the Patriarch of the Lutheran Church in America.
This book describes 131 paths with maps, history, significant points along the way, and information on approximating the course of the trails by automobile.
If one man could be said to exemplify in his character the promise of America's greatness, that man was Conrad Weiser, Pennsylvania frontiersman of the Colonial period.
This classic study of the history of Pennsylvania's Indians, from the time of the European contact forward, was originally published in 1961. This second edition has been revised and updated...
Milton S. Hershey