Chapter Meeting Abstracts
North Fork Chapter 29
Meets at 7 pm on the 3rd Friday of each month except December, June and July at the Presbyterian Church Education Building,
Corner of Main and White Street
Brookville , PA 15825
Everyone Welcome
Contact ken Burkett
kenburkett@comcast.net
(814) 229-2816
Chapter and
Regional Events Schedule
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Chapter Meeting
Friday, May 15
Trade on the Pennsylvania Frontier
Ken Burkett
We are hoping to provide info
on a summer project
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No Chapter meeting
June and July
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ELK EXPO 2025
July 25 & 26
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North Fork 29 Artifact Show
Saturday, September 5
Upcoming Program Abstracts
Trade On the Pennsylvania Frontier
From the 1600s to the late 1700s, trade between Native American nations and Europeans shaped Pennsylvania’s frontier. Beginning with coastal exchanges and expanding to interior posts like Fort Pitt, Native groups such as the Susquehannock, and Iroquois played active roles in directing trade.
This program will discuss how firearms, tools, cloth, and beads—were exchanged for furs, especially deer and beaver and highlights how trade networks operated, the impact of conflicts, and the ways Indigenous peoples shaped diplomacy and commerce in a changing colonial world.