Pennsylvania has experienced countless disasters in its history. Some such as train crashes and mining accidents, were manmade while others -- floods, tornadoes -- were beyond man's control. Here's a ...

Pennsylvania is one of the great states in America, the birthplace of so many of the ideals we hold dear. But the commonwealth has seen its share of tragedy and disasters as well. Here in no ...

200 YEARS OF HISTORY. ALONG THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER, JUST NORTH OF HARRISBURG AND UP FRONT STREET SITS A PIECE OF HISTORY FIRST BUILT IN THE 1750S. AT THE TIME OF THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR, THE ENGLISH ...

During the 1800s, Pennsylvania was at the epicenter of the rye whiskey industry. Prohibition caused most of the distilleries to close, and the state’s legacy was forgotten. From Philly and the Pa.

SOMERFIELD, Pa. (WHTM) — Once a symbol of early American achievement, submerged under more than 50 feet of water over a century later, a piece of Pennsylvania history is now bone dry. The Great ...

Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies, Vol. 87, No. 1, SPECIAL ISSUE: HARRISBURG, DIGITAL PUBLIC HISTORY, AND THE “CITY BEAUTIFUL” (Winter 2020), pp. 148-154 (7 pages) ABSTRACT: When ...

https://doi.org/10.5325/pennhistory.87.2.0390 • https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5325/pennhistory.87.2.0390 Copy URL ABSTRACT: Bethlehem Steel's success was not ...

Pennsylvania is preparing to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the state and nation's founding in 1776. But it's not all about history or even all about 2026. The Pennsylvania Commission for the ...