Sunbury:
A History
Susquehanna River Environmental Center
Images
Audio Clips
  Index
Main Page
Time Line
History
Indian Trails and Shamokin
(7000 BC-1763 AD)
Fort Augusta
(1756-1792)
Founding of Sunbury
(1772-1830)
Railroad and Canal Era
(1830-1912)
Contemporary
(1912-present)
Maps
Indian Trails and Shamokin
(7000 BC-1763 AD)
Fort Augusta
(1756-1792)
Founding of Sunbury
(1772-1830)
Railroad and Canal Era
(1830-1912)
Contemporary
(1912-present)
Special Topics
Related Links
Works Cited

The Susquehanna Path
.Clark's Ferry Bridge
Clarks Ferry Bridge connecting Susquehanna Trail and William Penn Highway near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Postcard, 1935; courtesy of jumpingfrog.com ,


The Susquehanna Path stretched from present day Harrisburg (then known as Paxtang) to Sunbury (then known as Shamokin).  This path was used readily by Colonel William Clapham’s regiment in July of 1756 when they traveled north to Shamokin to build Fort Augusta.  There is sufficient evidence to conclude that the Susquehanna Path ran along the west shore of the Susquehanna, connecting the mouth of the Conodoguinet near Lemoyne to the Juniata mouth near Juniata.

The Susquehanna Path is now followed by U.S. 22 from Harrisburg to Amity Hall and by U.S. 11 and U.S. 15 from Lemoyne to Sunbury.


 

 

 

 


History of the Indian Trails

Susquehannocks

Iroquois






David Ramsey





.Eagle
Sunbury's Environment
 

 

 

 

 

The Bucknell Environmental Center ▪ 835 Fraternity Road ▪ Bucknell University ▪ Lewisburg ▪ PA 17837▪ (570) 577-1490