Editing Wyalusing, Pennsylvania (section)

== History ==
[[File:Camptown Keystone Marker.jpg|thumb|right| [[Keystone Marker]] for Camptown, the inspiration for "[[Camptown Races]]", {{convert|4.2|mi}} north of Wyalusing.<ref>{{cite web | title =Camptown Races Historical Marker | publisher =[[WITF-TV]] and [[Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission]]  | url =http://explorepahistory.com/hmarker.php?markerId=1-A-2FA | access-date = October 8, 2013}}</ref>]]

The history of Wyalusing dates back centuries. It was originally known as ''M'chwihilusing''.   The [[Wyalusing Path]] was a historic [[trail|trace]] that ran from what is now Wyalusing to the [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] village of Canaserage (what is now [[Muncy, Pennsylvania|Muncy]], on the [[West Branch Susquehanna River]]).  Before 1750, Wyalusing was known as ''Gahontoto'' and was home to the Tehotachsee tribe of [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native Americans]]. Eventually, this small tribe was completely wiped out by the [[Cayuga people|Cayuga]] tribe.

In the spring of 1765, the [[Moravian Church|Moravian]] [[Christian Munsee]]s, a group of absolute [[Pacifism|pacifists]], founded a settlement Friedenshütten (Tents or Cabins of Peace) in what is now Wyalusing. This settlement lasted for several years, but was finally abandoned when the group led by [[David Zeisberger]] moved to [[Schoenbrunn, OH|Schoenbrunn]] (near [[Gnadenhutten, Ohio|Gnadenhutten]], Ohio) in 1772.<ref>[http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/zeisberger_david_5E.html ZEISBERGER, DAVID], biographi.ca</ref>  In 1792, the chief of the Cayugas and approximately 20 other families rebuilt the town.<ref name="chamber of commerce">{{Cite web | title = Wyalusing History | publisher = Greater Wyalusing Chamber of Commerce | year = 2006 | url = http://www.wyalusing.net/wyalusing-history.htm | access-date = 4 January 2015}}</ref>

In the 19th century, the town began to prosper as it became a shipping area for logs and other items on the [[Susquehanna River]]. In 1820, the construction of the Welles Mill along [[Wyalusing Creek]] made Wyalusing a prime area for people to farm and raise crops.<ref name="chamber of commerce" /> In 1887, Wyalusing became a borough.<ref name="chamber of commerce" /> Many of the buildings constructed in the late 19th century and early 1920s are still part of Main Street today.

[[File:Cargill-plant-Wyalusing-Pa-July-2012.png|thumb|right|Cargill meat packing plant, Wyalusing]]
Wyalusing is home to one of the biggest [[beef]] processing plants on the East Coast. [[Cargill]] regional beef Wyalusing is located just a couple miles outside of town. This plant was originally started in the late 1970s by the local Taylor family as a small [[meat processing]] plant. It eventually grew into a multimillion-dollar business that employs over 1,200 people from the surrounding area. Cargill is one of the biggest suppliers of ground beef to large grocery chains such as Wegmans, Giant, Shop Rite and more. In 2002, the Taylor family sold the business to the Cargill corporation, one of the largest privately owned companies in the United States.