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The Paxtang Path
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The Paxtang Path stretched from Columbia and Washington Boro through the Indian settlements at Paxtang, where the Allegheny Path crossed the Susquehanna River, to Sunbury (then known as Shamokin). |
The view along PA 147 between Sunbury and Fisher's Ferry (2007). These hills were once traversed by Natives and Europeans journeying north along The Paxtang Path. |
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Taken from Indian Paths of Pennsylvania, Paul A.W. Wallace
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The Paxtang Path is now followed by Pa. 441 from Washington Boro through Columbia, Marietta, Bainbridge, and Falmouth to Middletown; Pa. 230 (the Lancaster Pike) from Middletown to Harrisburg; U.S. 322 from Harrisburg to Dauphin; and Pa. 225 and Pa. 147 from Dauphin to Sunbury.
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