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Joseph Priestley House
Priestley is best known for his achievements in chemistry, but he was also a prolific theologian, an inno...
Snyder County
Formed March 2, 1855 out of Union County. The name honors Simon Snyder (Governor, 1808-17) who made his home in Selin...
Shikellamy
If you stand on this spot and look across the Susquehanna River toward the bridge on the right, you can see the face ...
William Maclay
Lived in the house opposite 1773-86, and then moved to Harrisburg. Member of the first U.S. Senate; wrote a famous Jo...
John Harris, Founder Of Harrisburg
On October 25,1755 John Harris, Founder of Harrisburg, and a party of 40 men who came up the river to investigate the...
First Electric Light
First successful use of a three-wire electric lighting system was made July 4, 1883, in the City Hotel building in Su...
Pennsylvania Canal
The North Branch and West Branch Divisions, built 1828-34, joined here in Northumberland at a canal basin. Boats with...
The (John) Penn's Creek Massacre
In commemoration of The (John) Penn's Creek Massacre, which occurred along this stream on October 16, 1755 when the s...
Simon Snyder
Three-term Governor of the Commonwealth, 1808-1817, and member of the General Assembly, 1797- 1807. Pennsylvania's fi...