The 1789 Clarks Ferry Tavern and Inn located in Duncannon, Pennsylvania, was a rest stop for travelers heading west into the American frontier. Steeped in history, the Tavern served as a stagecoach stop, an inn, the town's post office, and a Civil War recruiting office. Travelers would check into the inn for a meal or straw bed or settle on the adjacent grounds after crossing the Susquehanna River.
Below: Front of the Tavern as it looks today.
The Tavern is at the nexus of two major American River systems, the Susquehanna and the Juniata. For eons these rivers served as arteries for Native American migration. Within a mile of the Tavern, the two rivers surround Dauphin Island which, in the 18th Century, was the site of a large Indigenous Peoples village. Today this land contains businesses that service motorists crossing east and west of the Susquehanna River on the Clarks Ferry Bridge.
Below: Back of the Tavern as it looks today.
