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Venango Archaeology to hold program about Venango Path

Posted By: VenangoExtra.com November 8, 2021

From staff reports

The Venango Archaeology Chapter will meet at 7 p.m. Friday at the Christ United Methodist Church, 1135 Buffalo St., Franklin.

Chuck Williams will present a program titled, “The Venango Path: History, Archaeology, and Environment.”

The Venango Path was a Native American pathway that ran from the Forks of the Ohio (present-day Pittsburgh) north to the village of Venango at the mouth of French Creek, and through the French Creek Valley to Presque Isle near Lake Erie. The Venango Path was an important north-south “landscape of movement” for Native Americans and Europeans alike, facilitating trade, migration and settlement, and military activities.

This presentation will focus on the forgotten landscapes and historic environments traversed by the Venango Path in the 18th and 19th centuries, and how natural and human factors have changed these landscapes over time.

Chuck Williams is a “place-based” ecologist, writer, regional historian, and environmental consultant with particular interests in the land and riverscapes of the Appalachians, especially those of Pennsylvania’s northern Allegheny Plateau. His research and professional interests include landscape history, ethnobiology, and forest ecology.

He was a Fulbright Scholar in environmental history at the University of Iceland and was a biology professor at Clarion University for 15 years. He currently teaches online courses in earth and environmental science for several universities and has launched his own environmental consulting business.

Venango Archaeology programs are offered free of charge and are open to the public.

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