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Easton, PA (2538 words) |
 | Easton continued to prosper as a center for industry, manufacturing, commerce, and culture at the Forks of the Delaware and along the great rail lines. |
| Easton Cemetery's parklike cemetery landscape design is based on the picturesque romantic styles of the early and late 19th century. |
| In 1906 the Easton Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution purchased and restored this historical landmark. |
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Treaty of Easton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (166 words) |
| The Treaty of Easton was a colonial agreement in North America signed in October 1758 between the British colonial government of the Province of Pennsylvania and the Native American tribes in the Ohio Country, including the Shawnee and Lenape. |
| Signed during the French and Indian War, the agreement specified that the Native Americans would not fight on the side of the French against the British provided that the British in Pennsylvania did not establish any settlements west of the Allegheny Mountains after the conclusion of the war. |
| The treaty was part of the motivation for the subsequent Proclamation of 1763. |
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