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Joseph Priestley House

472 Priestley Ave, Northumberland, PA     (570) 473-9474

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Priestley is best known for his achievements in chemistry, but he was also a prolific theologian, an inno...

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Snyder County

Middleburg, PA    

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Formed March 2, 1855 out of Union County. The name honors Simon Snyder (Governor, 1808-17) who made his home in Selin...

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Shikellamy

N 6th St, Sunbury, PA     (570) 286-3700

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If you stand on this spot and look across the Susquehanna River toward the bridge on the right, you can see the face ...

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William Maclay

Sunbury, PA    

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Lived in the house opposite 1773-86, and then moved to Harrisburg. Member of the first U.S. Senate; wrote a famous Jo...

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John Harris, Founder Of Harrisburg

Selinsgrove, PA    

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On October 25,1755 John Harris, Founder of Harrisburg, and a party of 40 men who came up the river to investigate the...

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First Electric Light

Sunbury, PA    

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First successful use of a three-wire electric lighting system was made July 4, 1883, in the City Hotel building in Su...

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Pennsylvania Canal

Northumberland Aly, Montandon, PA    

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The North Branch and West Branch Divisions, built 1828-34, joined here in Northumberland at a canal basin. Boats with...

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The (John) Penn's Creek Massacre

Selinsgrove, PA    

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In commemoration of The (John) Penn's Creek Massacre, which occurred along this stream on October 16, 1755 when the s...

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Simon Snyder

Selinsgrove, PA    

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Three-term Governor of the Commonwealth, 1808-1817, and member of the General Assembly, 1797- 1807. Pennsylvania's fi...