"Smith's Falls"

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In 1608 Captain John Smith ascended the Susquehanna River until stopped by the rocks. On his map he calls this point “Smyths Fales” marking it by a X which he explains as meaning “hath bin discovered what beyond is by relation.”

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Coordinates:   39°37'7"N   76°8'22"W
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