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Pilger Ruh

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In 1742, Pilger Ruh, meaning Pilgram's Rest, was named by Count Nicholas Ludwig von Zinzendorf, who, with Conrad Weiser and Moravian missionaries, rested here beside this spring, called Ludwig's Brunne, on their way to visit Shawnee Indians in Wyoming Valley.
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