Beaver sculpture and historical plaque stolen in Delaware County Robert Moran, The Philadelphia Inquirer
The Pennsylvania State Police on Tuesday asked for the public’s help in locating a stolen historical plaque and beaver sculpture in Delaware County that marked a fur-trading route used by native people and colonists during the 17th century.
“The Great Trail” marker was placed in 1926 near the intersection of Rose Valley Road and Traymore Lane in Rose Valley Borough to remember the route used for trading fur with the Susquehannock people, also known as the Minquas. The trail, alternatively called the Great Minquas Path, stretched from the Susquehanna River in Lancaster County to the Schuylkill in Philadelphia.