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The site along the Susquehanna River in which Harrisburg is located is thought to have been inhabited by Native Americans as early as 3000 BC. Known to the Native Americans as "Peixtin", or "Paxtang", the area was an important resting place and crossroads for Native American traders, as the trails leading from the Delaware to the Ohio and from the Potomac to the Upper Susquehanna intersected ...
Harrisburg's site along the Susquehanna River is thought to have been inhabited by Native Americans as early as 3000 BC. Known to the Native Americans as "Peixtin", or "Paxtang", the area was an important resting place and crossroads for Native American traders with trails leading from the Delaware to the Ohio rivers and from the Potomac to the Upper Susquehanna intersecting there.
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 shore. Forster Street widened. 1953 Hall Manor built.
The Harrisburg Historic District is a national historic district which is located in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. [ 1 ]
During the American Civil War, Pennsylvania was the second largest state in the Union, and Harrisburg was the state's capital. [1] Located at the intersection of important railroads, Harrisburg proved an important supply and logistics center for the dissemination and transportation of materiel for the Union Army.
This district includes fifty contributing buildings that are located in the old central business district of Harrisburg. Dating from the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, notable buildings include the Daily and Weekly Telegraph Building (1873-1874), the City Bank Building (c. 1872), F.W. Woolworth (1939), Rothert's Furniture Store (1906), Bowman's Department Store (1907, 1910 ...
Historically, neighborhood development has followed ward boundaries, but many neighborhoods and historic districts have been re-shaped by community leaders, the Harrisburg Architectural Review Board, and planning organizations in the post-industrial era. [1]
The Political Graveyard: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Dedication of Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg – Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission; History of Harrisburg: the State Capital – Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission; History of the Counties of Dauphin and Lebanon [permanent dead link