George Washington and Christopher Gist travelled along the trail during December 1753 to deliver a message to the French near Venango village.
On their return from Fort Le Boeuf, Washington and Gist left the Venango Path at Murdering Town which was located at or near present-day Evans City, and Harmony, Pennsylvania on what Gist termed the "southeast fork of Beaver creek"[REF] (present-day Connoquenessing Creek) [REF].