Sarah Jane Price Ackley, widow of the revolutionary soldiers John Parker and later Daniel Ackley, made the long journey in 1818 with her family of several children and her household goods from Wilkesbarre to this site, crossing mountains and fording rivers over almost impassable roads and through unbroken forest. Near this site the original Ackley home was built and the original Ackley settlement was made. She lived here until her death in 1851. Here she reared her family; many of her descendants remain in this region even to this day, while others have spread throughout wider areas. Wherever they may be, all turn to this place as a shrine dedicated to a heroic woman, a great pioneer mother.