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1902 architecture
the
State Capitol
of
Pennsylvania
(pictured)
is the third capitol building to be in
Harrisburg
, after the first one burned down in 1897 and the second was deemed "ugly" by
its designer
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Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
the
Pennsylvania Railroad
GG1
4859
(pictured)
pulled the first electric train from
Philadelphia
to
Harrisburg
in 1938 and was designated a
state symbol
of
Pennsylvania
in 1987?
the
State Capitol
of
Pennsylvania
(pictured)
is the third capitol building to be in
Harrisburg
, after the first one burned down in 1897 and the second was deemed "ugly" by
its designer
?
the
State Street Bridge
in
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
, is flanked by two 145-foot (44 m) pylons representing the
U.S. Army
and
Navy
?
Pennsylvania
12 died in the
1959
Knox Mine Disaster
when the
Susquehanna River
crashed into a
Pennsylvania
anthracite coal
mine?
American Revolutionary
war officer
Anthony Wayne
's bones are buried at
St. David's Episcopal Church
in
Pennsylvania
, while the rest of him is buried hundreds of miles away in
Erie, Pennsylvania
?
Early Archaic
peoples used the
Houserville Site
in
Pennsylvania
ten millennia ago?
caterpillars
of the
Oak leafroller
(pictured)
and
Oak leaftier
moths are major
defoliators
of
oak
trees, with leafroller timber losses in
Pennsylvania
of over $100,000,000 in the early 1970s?
Laporte
(courthouse pictured)
, one of thirteen
municipalities in Sullivan County
, is
Pennsylvania
's smallest
county seat
by population?
Larrys Creek
in
Lycoming County
,
Pennsylvania
has
42 named tributaries
in its
watershed
, including one named "Little Dog Run"?
Native Americans
lived at the
Canfield Island Site
(pictured)
on the
West Branch Susquehanna River
in
Pennsylvania
for thousands of years, and now hold an annual
pow wow
there?
Pennsylvania
's
Kinzua Bridge
(
remnants pictured
) was the world's longest and tallest
railroad
bridge
when built in 1882, became
a state park
in 1970, and was knocked down by a
tornado
in 2003?
Pennsylvania
's longest cave extends from
Harlansburg
to
Rose Point
, over 11 miles (18 km) away?
Bald Eagle Creek Path
along
Bald Eagle Creek
in central
Pennsylvania
was a major connecting path between the
Iroquois
in the north and
the Carolinas
in the south?
Philadelphia
autobiographer
Lois Mark Stalvey
'
s 1960s
anti-racist
activism
in
Omaha, Nebraska
was responsible for her husband's job transfer to
Philadelphia
?
Philadelphia
publisher
F. A. Davis
brought electricity to
St. Petersburg, Florida
, and founded nearby
Pinellas Park
after hearing a lecture on
Florida
's medical benefits?
American
illustrator
,
painter
and
printmaker
Ella Sophonisba Hergesheimer
was the great-great granddaughter of
Philadelphia
artist
Charles Willson Peale
?
Birely, Hillman & Streaker
was the only
Philadelphian
manufacturer of wooden ships to survive the post-
Civil War
slump?
Jewelers' Row
(pictured)
in
Philadelphia
was the first speculative
housing development
in the
United States
, featuring that country's first
row houses
?
Sedgeley
, designed by
Benjamin Henry Latrobe
in 1799 and built in
Philadelphia
, was the first
Gothic revival
-style house in the
U.S.
?
after his move to
Philadelphia
in 1879,
English
-born
cricketer
Arthur Wood
(pictured)
had to satisfy a five year residency requirement before he was allowed to play with the
Philadelphian cricket team
?
both
Hillary Clinton
and
Barack Obama
refused to hand out
street money
, a political tactic common in
Philadelphia
, during the
2008 Pennsylvania primary
?
in the late 1960s,
Philadelphia
residents held
Annual Reminder
protests claiming that
LGBT
Americans did not enjoy the rights to "
life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness
"?
newspaper writer
Constance Drexel
gained notoriety by falsely claiming that she was a member of
Philadelphia
's
Drexel
family?
Allentown, Pennsylvania
the now-defunct
Arbogast & Bastian
abbatoir
in
Allentown
,
Pennsylvania
, could process most of the 850,000
hogs
raised annually in
Pennsylvania
?
History of Pennsylvania
Frederic A. Godcharles
served as a
Pennsylvania
Representative
and
Senator
, as director of its state
library
and
museum
, and wrote twelve volumes on its
history
?
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Albert B. Wohlsen, Jr.
was only into a few weeks of his tenure as mayor of
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
, when he had to deal with fallout from the
Three Mile Island accident
?
Jeanne Clemson
is credited with both
preserving
the
Fulton Opera House
in
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
, from demolition, and for restoring
live theater
to the building?
St. Thomas of Villanova Church
(pictured)
, upon its completion in 1887, was likely the tallest man-made structure between the
Delaware River
and
Lancaster
,
Pennsylvania
?
the
Soldiers and Sailors Monument
in
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
, stands on the site of a 1777
Second Continental Congress
meeting?
the
Intelligencer Journal
of
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
, established in 1796, is one of the oldest
newspapers
in the
United States
?
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