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An early Shawnee Indian village located at the site of present Tarentum. It was named for Pierre (Peter) Chartier, who had a trading post here from 1734 to 1743. He was the son of Martin Chartier, a French explorer. Several heavily traveled Indian paths intersected nearby. In 1829, Henry Brackenridge laid out lots for a town along the Pennsylvania Canal and named it Tarentum for an ancient Greek city in present-day Italy. (Dedicated: Friday, November 13, 2015)
East 1st Avenue, Tarentum, PA 15084-1072, United States of America
Tarentum
Pennsylvania
United States
Tarentum
Pennsylvania
United States
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