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Mt. Equity Plantation

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Governor Thomas McKean, for whom the county was named, purchased a 299-acre tract here in 1805. Its name derived from the fact that the purchase was made in part to give Pennsylvania equity of power in lands settled by Connecticut.
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McKean County, Pennsylvania
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