From the mouth of Nescopeck Creek an Indian path went east over the mountains by the way of present day Hazelton to the Lehigh near Mauch Chunk; then to "the Forks of the Delaware" at Easton.
The noted painter was born in Nescopeck on July 8, 1812. His huge masterpiece, "Battle of Gettysburg," ordered by the State Legislature, is on display at the William Penn Memorial Museum, Harrisburg.