PA-031 Samuel Phillippe

Marker text: SAMUEL PHILLIPPE

Recognized as the inventor of the split-bamboo fishing rod in the U.S. His first rent and glued-up cane rod was made about 1846 in his gunsmith shop that stood on this site.

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Location: NW corner of S. 3rd St. & Pine St., Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania

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