“No Husband! No Meat!” (Lenni-Lenape)
“No Husband! No Meat!” (Lenni-Lenapi) By Betty Hoover DiRisio, LCHS Volunteer (former LCHS Board Member) What we now know as Lawrence County was formerly inhabited by a group of the…
Historic Tree with a “Shady” Past
By Betty Hoover DiRisio, LCHS Volunteer Kushkushkie Towns In the mid to late 1700's our area was inhabited by the Lenape Indians (the Delaware) in a group of villages known…
Indian towns drawn by Thomas Hutchins
1764/1766
1764/1766
Ancient Indian Burial Mound
By Betty Hoover DiRisio, LCHS Volunteer Pictured is a portion of an ancient map of Indian towns drawn by Thomas Hutchins in 1764/1766. Indian encampments are indicated by small triangles.…