Wyalusing
Wyalusing, in the southeast corner of bradford county, is situated on a low hill at the confluence of Wyalusing creek and the Susquehanna River. Nearby, the Wyalusing rocks, once used by the Iroquois indians as a signaling point, rise five hundred feet above the Susquehanna river offering a splendid view of farms and forests.
In 1765, David Zeisberger and John Woolman established a Moravian Mission called Friedenshutten to bring christianity to the Delaware Indians who called the area M'chwihilusing, Anglicized to Wyalusing. the mission was closed when the indians relocated to lock haven at the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War.
Connecticut yankees, in conjunction with the Susquehanna company, settled in the area in 1774 conflicting with other settlers who had Pennsylvania land grants and lead to the penamite wars which settled the dispute in favor of the latter. Wyalusing was burned to the ground in 1778 by indians sympathetic to the british.
When peace came to the valley, settlers slowly returned and Wyalusing grew steadily as a commercial center for surrounding farms and as a shipping hub for timber, livestock, grain and flagstone. Today, Wyalusing is a thriving community which looks much the same as it did in the 1800's with its victorian storefronts and charming hotel.
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