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STATE HISTORICAL MARKERS
~ VENANGO COUNTY ~

VENANGO PATH - Dedicated August 23, 1987 and located at the intersection of SR 3013 (old PA 8) and SR 3003, north of Wesley.



A major Indian path from the Forks of the Ohio (Pittsburgh) to Venango (Franklin) was located just west of here. George Washington used it in travelling north to Fort LeBoeuf in 1753. Capt. Jonathan Hart widened the path in 1787 on his way to build Fort Franklin. Here at Mayes Forks, the house on the NW corner was a major hotel - and a mail and stagecoach stop - during the early nineteenth century.










Donated by Penny Haylett Minnick
pictures Penny Haylett Minnick