Wilkes-Barre
Laid out 1770 by a group of Connecticut settlers, on land claimed by that state. Seat of "County of Westmoreland," erected 1776. Near here took place the Wyoming Massacre, 1778, and the "Pennamite Wars" of 1769-72 and 1784.
Marker is at the intersection of Wilkes-Barre Township Boulevard (Business Pennsylvania Route 309) and East Northampton Street, on the right when traveling north on Wilkes-Barre Township Boulevard.
Courtesy hmdb.org
