Wyalusing Pa Endless Mountain River Photo Postcard

Wyalusing Pa Endless Mountains Photo Print The history of Wyalusing dates back centuries and was originally known as M'chwihilusing. Before 1750 the settlement was known as Gahontoto and was home to the native American tribe the Tehotachsee. This small tribe would eventually be completely wiped out by the Cayuga tribe. In 1792 the chief of the Cayugas and about 20 other families rebuilt the town.[1] In the 19th century is when the town really began to prosper with Wyalusing becoming a shipping area for logs and other items on the Susquehanna River. Asylum: A settlement of French Royalist who fled the French Revolution in 1793, was established in this very Valley, under the direction of Viscount De Noailles and Marquis Antoine Omar Tallon, It was hoped that Queen Marie Antoinette might here find safety among many distinguished visitors to this place where Louis Phillipe, Duke of Orleans, Later King of France, Prince De Tallyerand, Duke De Montpensier and the Duke De Le Rouchfoucauld Liancourt. Original Photo taken by Myself on August 11, 2012