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Pennsylvania, A Guide To the Keystone State

Compile by workers of the Writers' Program of the WPA
American Guide Series

INTRODUCTION
FOREWORD
PREFACE
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
CALENDAR OF ANNUAL EVENTS

Part I. The General Background:

PENNSYLVANIA TODAY
PHYSICAL STATE
INDIANS
HISTORY
ETHNIC GROUPS AND THEIR FOLKWAYS
MINE, MILL, AND FACTORY
TRANSPORTATION
FARMS
RELIGION
EDUCATION
LITERATURE
GROWTH OF THE PRESS
THEATER
MUSIC
ARTS AND CRAFTS
ARCHITECTURE

Part II. Cities and Towns:

ALLENTOWN
BETHLEHEM
CARLISLE
CHESTER
EASTON
EPHRATA
ERIE
GETTYSBURG
HARRISBURG
LANCASTER
PHILADELPHIA
PITTSBURGH
READING
SCRANTON
STATE COLLEGE
WILKES-BARRE
WILLIAMSPORT
YORK

Part III. Tours:

1. ( Port Jervis, NY) - Matamoras - Milford - Carbondale - Scranton - Towanda - Mansfield - Smethport -  Kane - Warren - Corry - Union City - Junction with US 20 [US 6 -6N]

2. Milford - Stroudsburg - Lansford - Tamaqua  - Pottsville - Millersburg [US 209]
3. (Phillipsburg NJ) - Easton - Bethlehem - Allentown - Harrisburg - Lewistown - Ebensburg - Pittsburgh - ( Weirton,WV) [US 22]

3A. Allentown - Reading - Ephrata - Lancaster - ( Conowingo MD) [US 222]

3B. Ebensburg - Indiana - Kittanning - Butler - New Castle - ( Youngstown OH) [US 422]
4. ( Lambertville NJ) - New Hope - Norristown - West Chester - ( Wilmington DE) [US 202]
5. ( Trenton NJ) Morrisville - Philadelphia - Media - ( Rising Sun MD) [US 1]
6. ( Trenton NJ) - Morrisville - Philadelphia - Chester - ( Wilmington DE) [US 13]
7. Philadelphia - Norristown - Reading - Lebanon - Junction with US 322  [US 422]
8. ( Camden NJ) Philadelphia - Lancaster - York - Gettysburg - Chambersburg - Greensburg - Pittsburgh - ( Chester WV) [US 30]

8A. Lancaster - Middletown - Harrisburg [US 230]
8B. Junction with US 30 - Latrobe - New Alexandria - Apollo - Leechburg - Kittanning [State 981, 80, 380, 66]
9. ( Bridgeport NJ) - Chester - Ephrata - Harrisburg - Lewistown - State College - Brookville - Franklin - Meadville - ( Williamsfield OH) [US 322]

10. ( Binghamton NY) - Scranton - Pittston - Northumberland - Selinsgrove - Harrisburg - Carlisle - Chambersburg - ( Hagerstown Md.) [US 11]

10A. Scranton - Stroudsburg - Easton - Philadelphia [US 611]

A. Scranton to Easton
B. Easton to Philadelphia

10B. Lemoyne - York - ( Hereford MD) [US111]
10C. Seinsgrove - Lewistown - Mt. Union - McConnellsburg (Haancock MD) [US 522]
11. Osterhout - Pittston - Wilkes-Barre - Mauch Chunk - Allentown - Allentown - Philadelphia [US 309]

11A. Wilkes-Barre - Easton - Kintnersville - New Hope - Morrisville [State 115, US 611, State 32]

11B. A1lentown - Boyertown - Collegeville - Phoenixville - West Chester [State 29, 100, 73, 29]
12. ( Waverly NY) - Towanda - Muncy - Williamsport - Lock Haven - Altoona - Hollidaysburg - Bedford - ( Cumberland, MD) [US 220]

A. New York Line to Muncy
B. Muncy to Hollidaysburg
C. Hollidaysburg to Maryland Line

13. ( Lindley NY) - Williamsport - Muncy - Sunbury - Harrisburg - Gettysburg - ( Emmitsburg MD) [US 15]

13A. (Elmira NY) - Troy - Trout Run [State 14]
13B. Sunbury - Pottsville - Reading - Oxford [US 122]
13C. Junction with US 15 - Lewisburg - State College - Water Street [State 45]
14. (Limestone NY) - Kane - DuBois - Ebensburg - Johnstown ( Grantsville MD) [US 219]
14A. Kane - Clarion - Butler ( East Liverpool OH) [State 68]
14B. Ridgway - St.Marys - Renovo - Lock Haven [US 120]
14C. Brockway - Brookville - Kittanning - Pittsburgh - ( Wellsburg, WV) [State 28, 66, 28, 31]
14D. Junction with US 322 - Indiana - Greensburg - Uniontown - ( Morgantown WV) [US 119]
15 ( Jamestown NY) - Warren - Oil City - Franklin - Mercer - ( Youngstown OH) [US 62]
16 ( Westfield NY) - North East - Erie - Girard - (Conneaut OH) [US 20]
17. Erie - Union City - Oil City - Franklin - Butler - Pittsburgh [State 8]
18. Erie - Meadville - Pittsburgh - Washington - ( Westover WV)  [US 19]
19 ( Keyser MD) - Uniontown - Washington - (Wheeling WV) [US 40]
20. Junction with US 20 - New Castle - Pittsburgh - Uniontown  [State 18, 930, 51]
20A. Rochester - Ambridge - Pittsburgh [State 88]
20B. Pittsburgh - Homestead - Duquesne - McKeesport - Junction with State 51 [State 837, Unmarked road, State 837]

Part IV. Appendices:

CHRONOLOGY
A GUIDE TO FURTHER READING
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
CENSUS FIGURES - 1940

Vintage Photos:

HISTORY: Independence Hall, Philadelphia Facsimile of Title Page, Franklin’s Almanac Wayne’s Oath of Allegiance Washington at Valley Forge Birthplace of John Morton, near Chester Fort Pitt Blockhouse, Pittsburgh Birthplace of Daniel Boone, near Reading Wayne Blockhouse, Erie York in 1852 Williamsport in 1854 Crossing the Alleghenies in 1840 Alexander Graham Bell at the Philadelphia Centennial Meade’s Headquarters, Gettysburg Reunion of the Blue and Gray at Gettysburg in 1938 COAL, IRON, AND STEEL: In the Mines and the Mills Eighty-ton ‘Rocking Chair’ Steel Cutter Hot Steel Entering Reversing Stand Rolling Steel, Clairton Johnstown’s East End Bethlehem Statue of John Mitchell, Scranton A Miner and His Mule Anthracite Miners at Work in Tunnel Anthracite Colliery with Culm Bank in Background Steel Workers Steel Workers Have a Game at Union Headquarters INDUSTRY, COMMERCE, AND TRANSPORTATION: Grinding and Polishing Glass, Pittsburgh Sun Shipyard, Chester Lake Steamer Taking on Cargo, Eric Boat Leaving Locks on the Allegheny River Monongahela Waterfront, Pittsburgh Oil Derrick in Northwestern Pennsylvania Portable Sawmill, Central Pennsylvania Titusville Oil Fields in the 186o’s Limestone Quarry and Mill, near Hershey Weaving Rugs, Philadelphia In a Textile Mill, Allentown Sizing Hats, Philadelphia Locomotive under Construction, Eddystone Building Giant Bearing, Pittsburgh EDUCATION AND RELIGION: Penn Charter School, Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Old Main, State College Bryn Mawr College 'Old West,’ Dickinson College, Carlisle Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh Merion Friends’ Meetinghouse Moravian Bell House, Bethlehem Old Swedes’ Church, Philadelphia Pulpit and Detail of Door, Ephrata Cloisters Interior of Augustus Lutheran Church, Trappe Graveyard and Cloister Buildings, Ephrata Old Economy Buildings, Ambridge Bryn Athyn Cathedral, Bryn Athyn

PHILADELPHIA: Statue of Benjamin Franklin Dock Street Area, with Delaware River Bridge in Background Delaware River Waterfront Broad Street at City Hall Rodin Museum Philadelphia Museum of Art Rittenhouse Square Interior, Poe House Morris House (1786) Pennsylvania Hospital Weighing Coin, Philadelphia Mint IN THE CITIES: November Dawn - The Mill District, Pittsburgh The Golden Triangle at Night, Pittsburgh The Golden Triangle Mellon Institute in Civic Center, Pittsburgh Gull Refining and Koppers Buildings, Pittsburgh Old Trinity, Pittsburgh Sunbury, as Seen from the Hills Wilkes-Barre Education Building, Harrisburg Hamilton Street, Allentown Public Square, Reading Scranton Airview, Erie Hill District, Pittsburgh Easton: Lehigh River in Foreground THE FARMLANDS: The Residence of David Twining Amish Woman School Children of the ‘Plain Sects’ Amish Woman ‘Speeding’ to Market ‘Hex’ Signs on Pennsylvania German Barn Tobacco Field and Barn Bucks County Barn and Silos Along the Susquehanna, near Amity Hall Rural Landscape, East Central Pennsylvania Tilling Stock Farm Street Scene, Lancaster FROM THE DELAWARE TO LAKE ERIE: The Susquehanna Trail North of Williamsport Delaware Water Gap Caleb Pusey House, near Chester Keith House in Graeme Park, near Horsham Town Hall, Forty Fort The Susquehanna’s West Branch, North of Hyner Vista America’s Longest Stone-Arched Railroad Bridge, near Harrisburg Sleighing in the Alleghenies Hunting in Fayette County Fishing through the Ice on Lake Erie Pennsylvania Turnpike

Maps:

STATE MAP - back pocket
TOUR MAP - front end paper
METROPOLITAN PHILADELPHIA - back of State map
METROPOLITAN PITTSBURGH - back of State map
ALLENTOWN
BETHLEHEM
CARLISLE
CHESTER
ERIE
GETTYSBURG
HARRISBURG
LANCASTER
PHILADELPHIA (Central City)
PITTSBURGH (Golden Triangle)
READING
SCRANTON
YORK
VALLEY FORGE

Aaronsburg * Abbey, Edwin Austin * Abbott, Philip * Abbottstown * Abington * Abolition Societies * Academy of Music * Academy of Natural Sciences * Academy of the Fine Arts * Act of Naturalization * Act of Union * Adams, John; Samuel * Adamstown * Addison * Adgate, Andrew * Adler, Dr.Felix * Agricultural Society, Pennsylvania State * Agriculture, State Department * Air brake, Westinghouse * Akron * Albany Treaty * Albion * Albion, steamboat * Albright College * Albright, Jacob * Albright Memorial Public Library * Alcott, Louisa May * Alden & Harlow * Alexander Caverns * Alexander, Charles; John W * Alexandria * Alfarata * Algonquians * Aliquippa * Allegheny Archery Preserve * Allegheny Arsenal * Allegheny College * Allegheny County; Courthouse and Jail * Allegheny Mountains * Allegheny National Forest * Allegheny Observatory * Allegheny River * Allegheny Trail * Allen, Hervey;Horatio; James; Nathaniel; Richard;William * Allentown * Alliance College * Allibone, S Austin * Allston, Washington * Alpha Portland Cement Works * Althouse, Paul * Altoona * Aluminum * Aluminum Company of America Plant * Amalgamated Asso. of Iron, Steel & Tin Workers * Ambler * Ambridge * American Bridge Co * American Car and Foundry Co * American Federation of Labor * American Flag * American Philosophical Society * American Swedish Historical Museum * American Viscose Co * Amish * Amity * Amity Hall * Amity Township Historical Society * Amityville * Ammon, Jacob * Andalusia * Anderson, Maxwell * Andre, Major John * Andrews, Jedediah * Angelica, site * Annenberg, M L * Annville * Anshutz, George * Anthracite * Anti-Catholic Riots * Anti-Masonic Agitations * Apollo * Aquetong * Arch Street Theater * Archbald * Archbald Pothole * Archeological research * Architecture * Ardmore * Argall, Capt.Samuel * Aristes * Arks * Armagh * Armstrong County Courthouse * Armstrong, Col. John * Arnold, Benedict * Arnold, borough * Arthur, T S (‘Timothy Shay’) * Articles of Confederation * Asbury, Bishop Francis * Ashbourne, Joseph * Ashland * Ashley * Ashley Plane * Asylum, site of French * Athens * Atkinson, Samuel C * Audubon * Audubon, John James * Aughwick * Augusta, Fort, site * Augusta, frigate * Augustus Lutheran Church * Austin * Avalon * Avery, Rev.Charles * Avery College * Avoca * Avondale, Chester Co. * Avondale, Luzerne Co * Axemann,

Bach Festival * Bachman, Max * Bacon, Peggy * Baden * Bailly, Joseph A * Baker Caverns * Baker Mansion * Bald Eagle, Chief * Bald Eagle Ridge * Bald Eagle State Forest * Baldwin Locomotive Works * Baldwin, Matthias * Bally * Bangor * Bank of North America * Bank of the United States * Baptist Church * Barnard, George Gray * Barnes Foundation Art Museum * Barnesboro * Barry, Commodore John * Barrymore, Ethel; John; Lionel; Maurice * Bartram, John * Bartram’s Garden * Batterson, J G * Battle Axes * Baurnstown * Bear Creek * Beaujeu * Beaver * Beaver College * Beaver Falls * Beaver Meadows * Beaver Springs * Beavertown * Bedford * Bedford, Fort; site * Bedford Springs * Beehive coke ovens * Beissel, Conrad * Belfast * Bell, Alexander Graham * Belle Meadow * Bellefonte * Bellevue * Belsano * Ben Avon * Benezet, Anthony * Berkman, Alexander * Perks County; Historical Society * Berkshire Mills * Berlin * Berwick * Bessemer steel process * Bethany * Bethel * Bethlehem, description; history * Bethlehem Choral Union * Bethlehem Steel Corporation * Betzwood * Bezar, John * Biddle, Charles J; Francis; George; Nicholas * Big Run * ‘Big Runaway’ * Biglerville * Bilger’s Rocks * Binney, Horace * Birch, Thomas; William * Bird, Robert Montgomery; William * Bird-in-Hand * Birdsboro * Birmingham Friends Meetinghouse * IBiork, Rev Erie Tobias * Bispham, David * Bissel, George H * Black Bear Inn * Black Lick * Blackwell, Capt. John * Blam, Widlam * Blame, Ephraim L; James G * Blair, Capt. John * Blair County Historical Society * Blakely * Blakeslee Corners * Blanket Hill Summit * Blawnox, v Block, Paul, vBloomsburg * Blossburg * Blue Ball * Blue Mountains * Blythe, David * Boalsburg * Bodine * Boehler, Peter * Bok, Edward; Mary Louise Curtis * Boker, George Henry * Bond, Dr. Thomas * Boone, Daniel; George * Bootleg Coal Mining * Bosnians * Boston Tea Party * Bouquet, Col.Henry * Bowman’s Hill Observation Tower * Bowmanstown * Boxall, James * Boyertown * Boynton * Brace, SC * Brackenridge * Brackenridge, Hugh H * Braddock * Braddock, Gen. Edward * Bradford * Bradford, Andrew; David; William * Bradford oil Field * Brady, Fort, site * Brady, Capt.John; Capt.Samuel * Brady’s Bend * Brainerd, Rev.David * Branchdale * Brandywine, Battle * Brandywine Manor * Brant, Joseph * Breeskin, Elias * Brentwood * Brethren, First Church of * Brickerville * Brick-making * Bridgeport, Montgomery Co * Bridgeport, Lancaster Co. * Bridgeville * Bridgewater * Brier Hill * Brinsers ( United Zion Children) * Bristol * Broad Ford * Brockport * Brockway * Brodhead, Daniel * Brodhead’s Creek * Brodheadsville * Brookville * Brown, Charles Brockden; Gen. Jacob; John * Brown, James V, Library * Brownsville * Brulé, Etienne * Brunner, Arnold W * Bryn Athyn; Cathedral * Bryn Mawr; College * Bubbling Spring * Buchanan, James; birthplace * Buchanan State Forest Monument * Buck Hills Falls * Buckingham; Friends Meetinghouse * Bucknell University * Bucks County; Historical Society * Bucktail Monument; Trail * Buford, Brig. Gen. John * Bull and bear fight * Bull, Ole Borneman * Burd, Col. James * Pork, Joseph W * Burleigh, H T * Burnham * Burnham, D H * Burning mine * Burnside * Burnt Cabins * Burr, Aaron * Busch Deutsch * Bushkill; Falls * Bushy Run, battle; Battlefield Park * Butler * Butler, Maj.John; Richard; Stephen; Thomas; Col.Zebulon * Butterfield, Maj.Gen.Daniel * Buttonwood Church * Butztown * Buyers, William F * Byberry Township * By-product coke ovens

Cadman, Charles Wakefield * Calder, Alexander Mime; Alexander Sterling * Caledonia; Iron Furnace; State Forest Park * Cambria Plant ( Bethlehem Steel Company); Iron Works * Cambridge Springs * Camden & Amboy Railroad * Cameron * Cameron Collieries * Cameron, Simon * Campanius, Rev.John * Campbell, Col. John * Camp Hill * Canadensis * Canal-boating days * Canoe Place Monument * Canonsburg * Canton * Cape Henlopen * Capoose, Chief * Carantouan * Carbon, Con * Carbondale * Carey, Henry C; Matthew * Carlisle, description; history; Indian School * Carlisle, Earl of * Carlisle Springs * Carnegie * Carnegie, Andrew * Carnegie Institute and Library * Carnegie Institute of Technology * Carnegie Steel Co. * Carpenters’ Hall * Carrolltown * Carter Camp * Cashtown * Cassatt, Mary * Catawissa * Catfish’s Indian Camp. * Cathedral of SS.Peter and Paul * Cather, Willa * Catholic Church, Roman; colleges * Catlin, George * Cedar Crest College * Cedar Grove Mansion * Celestia Community of Adventists * Cement * Cemetery Hill * Cemetery Ridge * Center Valley * Centerville * Centralia * Centre Hall * Centre Square * Ceres Land Company * Chadds Ford * Chalfont * Chalkey, Thomas * Chambers, Benjamin * Chambersburg * Charleroi * Charter of Privileges * Chartiers, Peter * Cherry Tree (near Barnesboro) * Cherry Tree (near Oil City) * Chesapeake & Delaware Canal Co * Chester, description; history * Chester County; Courthouse * Chestnut Street Theater * Cheswick * Chew, Benjamin; Peggy * Chew Mansion * Cheyney Training School for Teachers * Childs,’George W; State Forest Park * Chinklacamoose * Chocolate manufacturing * Christ Church * Christiana * Christina, Fort * Church of Christ, Scientist * Church of the Brethren * Cinder Buggy * Circulating Picture Club * Civil War skirmish * Civil Works Administration * Civilian Conservation Corps - CCC * Clairton * Clarendon * Clarion * Clark, E W & Co; George Rogers * Clark, William, House * Clarke, Thomas Cottrell * Clarks Green * Clarks Summit * Clarkstown * Clay, Henry * Claypoole, David C * Claysburg * Claysville * Clearfield * Clemson Mound * Clifford * Clifton Heights * Clinton, Gen.Henry * Clymer, George * Coal; dredging * Coal-bootlegging * Coaldale; colliery * Coal-mining, description * Coates, Florence Earle * Coatesville * Cobbett, William * Cobbs Creek * Cocalico Creek * Cochranton * Codorus, steamboat * Codorus Creek * Coke-making * Cole, Thomas * Colebrookdale Furnace * Coleman, Robert C * College of Physicians and Surgeons * Collegeville * Collegium Musicum * Colliery Engineer * Colonial Courthouse, first * Columbia * Columbia Crossroads * Comet, steamboat * Committee for Industrial Organization * Common Sense * Concentration Valley * Concord Friends Meetinghouse * Concordville * Conestoga Indians * Conestoga wagons * Conewago Canal * Congregational Church * Congress Hall * Congress of Industrial Organizations * Conneaut Lake * Conneautville * Connellsville * Connelly, Marc * Connoquenessing * Conococheague Valley * Conrad, Dr.Frank; Frederick Augustus * Conshohocken * Constitution of the United States * Continental Army * Continental Congress * Continental Treasury, site * Contrecmur, Sieur de * Convention Hall * Conway * Conway Cabal * Conway, Thomas * Conwell, Dr.Russell H * Cook State Forest Park * Cooke, Jay * Cookson, Thomas * Coolidge, Calvin * Coopersburg * Copestown * Copson, John * Coral * Coraopolis * Corby, William * Corinthian Yacht Club * Cornplanter, Chief * Cornplanter Indian Settlement * Cornwall Ore Banks * Corry * Corssen, Arent * Coudersport * Coudersport-Jersey Shore Turnpike * Country Gentleman * County fair, description * Coventry Forge * Covington * Cowley, Malcolm * Crab Tree * Crafton * Craig, Major Isaac * Cramer * Cramp Ship & Engine Co * Cranberry * Cranesville * Creighton * Crenshaw * Cresco * Cresson * Cret, Paul Philippe * Crèvecoeur, Hector St. John * Crispin, William * Crockett Lodge * Croghan, William; House * Crosby, John * Cross Keys Inn * Crozer, John P * Crozer Theological Seminary * Crude oil area * Crum Creek * Crystal Cave * Culp’s Hill * Cumberland County Courthouse * Cumberland, Fort * Cumberland Schism * Cumberland Valley * Cumberland Valley Railroad * Curb markets * Curtin, Gov. Andrew Gregg * Curtis, Cyrus H K * Curtis Institute of Music * Curwensville * Cushman, Charlotte * Custer City

Daguscahonda * Dahlgren gun * Dairying * Dalton * Danville * Darley, F O C * Darrah, Lydia * D’Ascenzo, Nicola; studio * Dauphin * Dauphin County Historical Society Building * Davis, Sen.James J; Phineas; Rebecca Harding; Richard Harding * Declaration of Independence * Declaration of Bights * Decree of Trenton * Deeter, Jasper * Deland, Margaret * Delaware & Hudson Canal Co * Delaware Canal * Delaware County Historical Soc. * Delaware Division Canal * Delaware Forks * Delaware Indians * Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad * Delaware, Lehigh, Schuy]kill & Susquehanna Railroad * Delaware River * Delaware River Bridge * Delaware Water Gap * Democratic Party * Denison, Col.Nathan * Dennie, Joseph (‘Oliver Oldschool’) * Denny, Governor * Deshong Memorial Art Gallery * Dewey, Admiral George * Dickinson College * Dickinson, John * Dickinson Law School * Dickinson Seminary and Junior College * Dicks, Peter * Dickson City * Dillsburg * Dingmans Falls * Dingman’s Ferry * Dinwiddie, Gov. * Divine, Father * Dixie, origin of name * Dock, Christopher * Donegal Presbyterian Church * Donnelly, Ignatius * Donora * Dorflinger Glass Works, ruins * Dormont * Dorsey, John * Doughty, Thomas * Douglass, David * Douglassville * Dove, David James * Downingtown * Downingtown Industrial School * Doylestown * Drake, Col.Edwin L; Memorial and Museum; Well * Drew, Georgiana; John; Mrs.John * Drexel, Anthony J * Drexel Institute of Technology * Driftwood * Drinker, Henry * Drinker & James * Dropsie College * DuBois * Duche, Jacob * Duncan’s Island * Duncansville * Dungan, Rev.Thomas * Dunglison, J Robely * Dunkards * Dunlap, John,; William * Dunmore * Dupont * DuPont, Pierre S * Duquesne * Duquesne, Fort * Duquesne University * Durham * Durham Boats * Durham Furnace; ruins * Durkee, John * Durkee, Fort * Duryea * Duryea, Charles E * Dushore * Dutch, early * Dutch West India Co

Eagle Hotel * Eagles Mere * Eakins, Thomas * Earle, Gov.George H * Early, Gen.Jubal A * East Brady * East Hickory * East McKeesport,v East Pittsburgh * East Springfield * East Stroudsburg, 375; State Teachers’ College * Eastern State Penitentiary * Easton * Ebensburg * Eckerlin Brothers * Economy, site * Eddington * Eddy, Mary Baker * Eddystone; Ammunition Works * Edgeworth * Edinboro * Edison, Thomas A * Education Building (Harrisburg) * Edwardsville * Ege, George, Mansion * Eichbaum, William P * Eichholtz, Jacob * Elderton * Elizabeth * Elizabethtown; College * Elizabethville * Elllins Park * Elkland * Elk Tannery * Ellicott, Maj. Andrew * Ellwood City * Elmhurst * Elverson * Emaus Orphanage * Emlen House * Emmaus * Emporium * Emsworth * English * Enterprise, steamboat * Ephrata Cloister * Epiphany Day Ceremony * Epstein, Jacob * Equinunk * Ericsson, john * Erie, description; history; churches; Customhouse; port; Public Library; State Fish Hatchery and Aquarium * Erie Extension Canal * Erie, Fort * Erie Indians * Erie, Lake; Battle * Erie & North East Railroad * Erie and Pittsburg Canal * Erie Triangle * Espy House * Essington * Eternal Light Peace Memorial * Ethical Culture Society * Etna * Evangelical Association,n Evangelical and Reformed Church * Evans City * Evans, John; Nathaniel; Oliver * Evans, Thomas W., Institute * Evening Bulletin, The Philadelphia * Everett * Everett, Edward * Everhart Museum * Everson * Ewell, Gen.R S * Exeter * Exeter Friends Meetinghouse * Export

Fabritius, Rev.Jacobus * Factoryville * Fairmount City * Fairmount Nail and Wire Works * Fairmount Park; Aquarium * Fairview * Falckner, Justus * Falcone, Lorenzo * Falls * Falls of the Schuylkill * Farmers Valley * Farms, development * Farrell * Fassett * Faulkner, Daniel * Federal Convention * Federal Emergency Relief Adm * Federal Land Grant College Act * Federal Social Security Law * Federal Society of Journeymen Card * Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions * Fell, Judge Jesse * Fels Planetarium * Ferguson, Elizabeth Graeme * Ferndale * Finns * Fire engine, oldest in US * First Defenders * Fisher, Fort * Fisher, Gov.John S * Fisher’s Ferry * Fishing Creek Confederacy * Fitch, John * Fitzpatrick, James * Flash, Sandy * Fleisher, Edwin A., Music Collection * Fleisher, Samuel * Fletcher, Benjamin * Flint Glassware * Flood, worst statewide * Flourbag Fort, site * Flourtown * Flower, Enoch * Fogelsville * Foley, Edward * Folk Festivals * Forbes, Gen. John * Forbes’ Road * Ford, Capt.John B * Ford City * Forest City * Forge, first iron * Forrest, Edwin * Fort Jenkins, site * Fort Littleton * Fort Loudon, town * Fort Stanwix Treaty * Fort Washington State Park * Fort Washington, town * Forty Fort * Foster Brook * Foster, Stephen Collins; Memorial Building; Thomas * Foulke Mansion * Fountain Hotel * Fountain House * Fountain Springs * Fourier, Francois Marie Charles * Fox, George * Frackville * Frame, Richard * Francis, Tench * Franklin, Benjamin * Franklin Canal Co * Franklin, Fort * Franklin Institute * Franklin and Marshall College * Franklin, Town * Franklinville * Frankstown * Fredericksburg * Free African Society * Freedom * Freeland * Freeland, Fort, site * Free Love Valley * Freeport * Free Soil Party * Fremont, John C * French Creek Recreational Demonstration Area * French Huguenots * French Margaret’s Town * Freneau, Philip * Frick, Henry Clay; Collection * Friedens Kirsche * Friedenshutten, site * Friendship Hill * Friends, Society of, see Quakers * Fries’, John, Rebellion, see Hot Water Rebellion * Frigate, first American * Fritchie, Barbara * Fritz, John * Fry, Col.Joshua; William * Fugitive Slave Act; Riot * Fulton, Robert * Furness & Evans, v Furness Shakespearean Library

Galeton * Gallatin, Albert * Gallitzin * Gallitzin, Demetrius Augustine * Galloway, Joseph * Gap * Garber, Daniel * Gardner, Israel * Garrett * Garrish, George * Gas, First Well * Gates, Gen.Horatio; Theophilus * Gehron, William * Gemein Haus * General Wayne Inn * Geneva College * George, Henry; Nancy * German Seventh-day Baptists * Germania Musical Society * Germans, Pennsylvania * Germantown Academy * Germantown, Battle * Germantown Historical Society * Gettysburg, Battle; description; history; Blue and Gray Reunion; College; National Military Park * Gibson, George * Gilbert, Maj.Calvin * Gilberton * Gilliams, Dr.Jacob * Girard * Girard College * Girard, Stephen * Girty, Simon * Gist, Christopher * Glade Mills * Glasgow * Glassmaking * Glassport * Glen-Gery Shale Brick Co * Glen Mills,v Glenolden, 4 * Gloria Dei (Old Swedes’) Church * Goddard, William * Godfrey, Thomas, Jr * God’s Acre * Golden Triangle * Gompers, Samuel * Gordon, Admiral Sylvanus W * Gore, Daniel; Obadiah, Jr * Gorgas, Solomon * Gouglersville * Gould, Jay * Gouldsboro * Government; Penn’s Frame * Grace, Robert * Graceton * Graefly, Charles * Graeme, Dr. Thomas * Graeme Park * Grampian * Grange, Pennsylvania State * Grant, Maj.James; Ulysses S * Grant’s Cabin * Grape Cultivation * Grass, Frederick * Graterford * Gratz, Simon * Gratz College * Gravity Railroad * Gray House * Gray Towers * Great Bend * Great Crossings * Great House * Great Meadows * Greaton, Father Joseph * Greber, Jacques * Greeley, town * Greeley, Horace * Green, Capt.John, grave * Greencastle * Greene, Gen.Nathanael * Greensburg * Greenville * Gridley, Capt.Charles Vernon * Grier, David * Griswold, Rufus W * Grit * Ground Hog Ceremony * Grove City * Grove City College * Gufley, Joseph F

Hahnemann Hospital and Medical * Halifax * Hall, David; John Gaskell; Joseph * Hallstead * Halstead, Maj. E P * Hamburg * Hamilton, Alexander; Andrew; James; William * Hamilton Historical Library * Hammerstein, Oscar * Hammett * Hampton, General Wade * Hancock, John; Hancock, Maj.Gen. Winfield Scott * Hand, Gen.Edward * Hannastown * Hanover; Battle; Shoe Farms * Harborcreek * Harding, Chester; Jesper; WilliamW * Harlansburg * Harmarville * Harmony * Harmony Society * Harpers Ferry, Virginia * Harris, James, House * Harris, John; John, Jr; Capt. Thomas * Harris’ Ferry * Harris Mansion * Harrisburg; Airport; Wednesday Club; Rose Garden; Symphony Orchestra * Harrison, Leonard, State Forrest Park * Hartleton * Hartley, Col.Thomas * Hatboro * Haverford; College * Haviland, John * Hawk Mountain Bird Sanctuary * Hawley * Haydn Society * Hazard, Erskine * Hazleton * Hedgerow Theater * Heinz, H J; Memorial * Hendricksen,Capt. Cornelius * Henri Group * Henry, Fort, site * Henry, Patrick; William * Henry’s Gun Factory, ruins * Herbert, Victor * Hereford * Hergesheimer, Joseph * Hermits of the Wissahickon * Herndon * Hershey * Herzegovinians * Hessian Guard House * Heth, Maj.Gen.Henry * Hexerei; witchcraft * Hexicopf Hill * Hey, Rev.John * Heyl, Henry R * Hickory * Hicks, Edward * Highspire * Highways * Hill School * Hill-To-Hill Bridge * Historical Museum, American Swedish * Historical Society of Pennsylvania * Historical Society of York County * Hofmann, Josef * Holicong * Hollidaysburg * Holme, John; Thomas * Homer City * Homestead; Strike;Works * Hone, Philip * Honesdale * Honey Brook * Hooker, Gen.Joseph * Hop Bottom * Hope Lodge * Hopewell; Forge * Hopkinson, Francis; Joseph * Hopwood * Hornbostel, Henry * Horseless carriage * Horseshoe Curve * Horsham Friends Meetinghouse * Horticultural Hall * Hot Water Rebellion * House of Many Stairs * Howard, Maj.Gen.Oliver O * Howe, Gen.Sir William * Hudson, Henry * Hudsondale * Hughes, John * Hughesville * Huguenots * Hulme, Henry * Hummelstown * Humphrey, Robert * Huneker, James Gibbons * Hungarians * Hunlock Creek * Hunter, Fort, Museum * Hunting * Huntingdon * Hus, John * Huston, Joseph M * Hutton, Addison,

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