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History of Allentown, Pennsylvania (4 C, 44 P, 3 F) C. ... Pages in category "Histories of cities in Pennsylvania" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of ...
During the 19th century, Pennsylvania grew its northwestern, northeastern, and southwestern borders, and Pittsburgh emerged as of the nation's largest and most prominent cities for a period of time. The state played an important role in the Union 's victory in the American Civil War .
Histories of cities in Pennsylvania (8 C, 6 P) ... Pages in category "History of Pennsylvania" The following 95 pages are in this category, out of 95 total.
Pennsylvania's history of human habitation extends thousands of years before the foundation of the colonial Province of Pennsylvania in 1681. Archaeologists believe the first settlement of the Americas occurred at least 15,000 years ago, during the Last Glacial Period, though it is unclear when humans first inhabited present-day Pennsylvania.
Stroudsburg is a borough in and the county seat of Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States.It lies within the Poconos region approximately five miles (8 km) from the Delaware Water Gap at the confluence of Brodhead Creek, McMichaels, and Pocono Creeks in Northeastern Pennsylvania.
1949 Pennsylvania national insurance group moves to new HQ on Derry St. 1950 89,554 people live in Harrisburg: Largest Standard Metropolitan Area population in city's history. Harrisburg Standard Metropolitan Area (SMA), consisting of Cumberland and Dauphin counties, was first defined. 1952 Harvey Taylor Bridge opens to help traffic to west ...
The Pennsylvania Germans and Scotch-Irish were hesitant to accept the idea of free or public schools. They respected education, but associated it with the church, not the state. The enactment of the Free School Act in 1834, entitled "An Act to Establish a General System of Education by Common Schools" was the first great victory for public schools.
National Register of Historic Places listings in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; History of rail transport in Philadelphia; Sister city timelines: Aix-en-Provence, Douala, Florence, Frankfurt, Kobe, Nizhny Novgorod, Tel Aviv; Timelines of other cities in Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh; Timeline of women's suffrage in Pennsylvania