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100 unusual facts about Pennsylvania


Allentown Cardinals

The Cardinals played at Fairview Field until 1948, when they moved into the new Breadon Field, a steel and concrete stadium that seated 5,000 fans, which was located just north of the city in Whitehall Township.

Allison White

White was born in Pine Township, near Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania.

Assemblies of Yahweh

The Assemblies of Yahweh is a nonprofit religious organization with its international headquarters in Bethel, Pennsylvania.

Baltimore County Public Library

:Richard D. Minnich, previously director of the Easton, Pennsylvania, library, becomes first county librarian to direct the system.

Board track racing

Driver fatalities continued to mount on board tracks into the 1920s, and included four Indianapolis 500 winners, three of which occurred at the Altoona track (another Pillsbury design) in Tipton, Pennsylvania, and three in the same years in which the driver won at Indianapolis.

Brooks Instrument

Founded in 1946 by Stephen A. Brooks, Brooks Instrument was originally based in Lansdale, Pennsylvania.

Burgettstown, Pennsylvania

Joffre, Bulger, Cherry Valley, Atlasburg, Slovan, Langeloth, Eldersville, Cross Creek, Studa.

Cadwalader Morris

After the war he had an iron furnace for several years at Birdsboro, Berks County, Pennsylvania, after which he returned to mercantile pursuits in Philadelphia.

Carbon Lehigh Intermediate Unit

Carbon Lehigh Intermediate Unit #21 (CLIU), located in Schnecksville, Pennsylvania, USA, is one of twenty nine Intermediate Unit Educational Service Agencies created by an Act of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania in 1971.

Chapin Hall

He moved to Pine Grove (now Russell), Warren County, Pennsylvania, about 1841 and engaged in the lumber business and mercantile pursuits.

Charles Panati

As a radiation health physicist, Panati was deeply concerned about the accident at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in March 1979.

Charles Reizenstein Company

The Reizenstein family business was used as a means for philanthropic work in Allegheny and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Cheswick, Pennsylvania

Cheswick is bordered by Acmetonia in Harmar Township on the west, by Springdale Township on the north, by Springdale Borough on the east, and by Plum Borough on the south (across the Allegheny River).

Christopher Gattelli

He grew up in Bristol, Pennsylvania, started dancing at the age of 11 and is a "Star Search" Grand champion.

Compass Inn

Compass Inn is a historic inn and tavern located in Laughlintown, Ligonier Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.

Cornell High School

Cornell High School is a public high school located in the borough of Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh in Allegheny County in the state of Pennsylvania.

Deberah Kula

Prior to her legislative career, Kula served as Magisterial District Judge in North Union Township, Pennsylvania.

Dennis Hollinger

Hollinger previously held academic appointments at Evangelical Theological Seminary in Myerstown, Pennsylvania, Messiah College in Grantham, Pennsylvania, Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary in Elkhart, Indiana, and Alliance Theological Seminary in Nyack, New York.

Dutch Sterrett

Charles Hurlbut "Dutch" Sterrett (October 1, 1889, in Milroy, Pennsylvania – December 9, 1965) was a professional baseball player who played 2 seasons for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball.

Dutch Wonderland

They also operate Wonderland Mini-Golf, and Old Mill Stream Campground at the same location and the Gift Shop at Kitchen Kettle Village, in nearby Intercourse, Pennsylvania.

E. Bertram Mott

He attended public schools in Rockaway Township, before going on to Wyoming Seminary in Kingston, Pennsylvania, where he graduated in 1896.

Edmond Hamilton

Something of a child prodigy, he graduated from high school and started college (Westminster College, New Wilmington, Pennsylvania) at the age of 14, but washed out at 17.

Edward S. Walker, Jr.

Edward S. Walker was born in Abington, Pennsylvania.

Farmers Valley, Pennsylvania

Farmers Valley is an unincorporated community in Keating Township, McKean County, Pennsylvania, United States, between Coryville and Smethport.

Fleetwood Area School District

The district serves students in the community of Fleetwood as well as Richmond Township (Walnuttown, Richmond, Moselm Springs, and Virginville) to the north and Maidencreek Township (Blandon, Maidencreek, Evansville, Molltown and Kirbyville) to the south.

Foundation for New Era Philanthropy

Using the swelling funds from these churches, Bennett expanded further, establishing offices in Radnor, Pennsylvania.

Frederick Christian Schaeffer

In the same year he became pastor of the Lutheran congregation at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, where he remained three years.

Freshpet

In 2013, Freshpet opened a new manufacturing facility, the Freshpet Kitchens, located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

Gary M. Heidnik

Shortly after Maxine's birth, Heidnik was arrested for the kidnapping and rape of Anjeanette's sister Alberta, who had been living in an institution for the mentally disabled in Penn Township.

General Textile Mills

Weaving of technical textiles is still a daily operation near its corporate headquarters in Carbondale, Pennsylvania.

Griffith Hughes

For example, there were and are several locations named Newtown, Pennsylvania.

Harry Haenigsen

In 1931, Haenigsen first moved to Lumberville, Pennsylvania with his wife Bobby, but they stayed there only briefly.

Henry Noll

Originally a native of nearby Shimerville, Pennsylvania, at the time he lived at 812 Laufer Street, on the Southside of Bethlehem.

Hunsecker's Mill Covered Bridge

The bridge is approximately one mile southeast of Pennsylvania Route 272 and is 0.5 miles (0.8 km) north of Pennsylvania Route 23 off Mondale Road on Hunsecker Road, just west of the community of Hunsecker.

Interboro High School

As the sole high school in the Interboro School District, students from surrounding communities Glenolden, Norwood, Prospect Park itself, and the two towns of Tinicum Township (Lester and Essington) attend grade levels 9-12 here.

Irv Kosloff

Isadore "Irv" S. Kosloff (1912, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – February 1995, Merion, Pennsylvania) was an American businessman and sportsman.

Isaac J. Lansing

He later served as pastor of the Green Ridge Presbyterian Church in Scranton, Pennsylvania.

James Ashbrook Perkins

James Ashbrook Perkins has been a Professor of English, at Westminster College, New Wilmington, Pennsylvania since 1973.

James Patton Anderson

He attended the medical school of Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania in 1840, before a family financial crisis forced him to withdraw a short time before graduation in 1842.

John Berne Hannum

Hannum served in that capacity until his death, in Unionville, Pennsylvania.

John Charles Fields

Fields taught for two years at Johns Hopkins before joining the faculty of Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania.

John Doebley

John Doebley began his undergraduate education as a biology major at West Chester State College in West Chester, Pennsylvania.

John E. Murray, Jr.

A native of Philadelphia, Murray lives in Whitehall, Pennsylvania with his wife Liz, a Villanova graduate.

John Malloy

Malloy was born and raised in Hanover Township, Pennsylvania, and began drawing cartoons and rock stars at age 6.

John Thorrington

Thorrington played in four matches for the U.S. Under-23 men's national team in 2000, including three of the U-23's four matches (two starts) in the 2000 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Hershey, Pennsylvania, helping the squad advance to the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Johnstown Christian School

The Holsopple campus is located in the Davidsville-Holsopple area of Somerset County, about two miles from Conemaugh Township High School.

Jonathan Greenleaf Eveleth

Bissell continued to considerably expand his and the New York investors' land in the Titusville region, in Franklin and Petroleum Center, PA.

Joseph Torchia

Torchia was born in Johnsonburg, Pennsylvania, where he graduated in 1964 (Johnsonburg High School).

Joshua Richmond

Richmond resides in Hillsgrove, Pennsylvania, and attended Troy State University.

Joy Mining Machinery

Joy Mining Machinery is a manufacturer of surface and underground mining machinery based in Warrendale, Pennsylvania, United States.

Julian, Pennsylvania

The postal address Julian, is used even on the other side of Unionville, for example Fleming.

Kathy Rapp

She volunteered for the Parent Education Network in York, Pennsylvania.

Lackawanna and Bloomsburg Railroad

Beginning in Scranton in Lackawanna County, the Lackawanna and Bloomsburg line followed the west shore of the Lackawanna River through the Wyoming Valley, passing through Old Forge on the way to Duryea in Luzerne County.

Laura de Force Gordon

Laura de Force Gordon (née Laura de Force; August 17, 1838, North East, Pennsylvania – April 5, 1907, Lodi, California) was an American lawyer, editor, and a prominent campaigner for women’s rights in the American West.

Lincoln–Kennedy coincidences urban legend

James Buchanan, whom Lincoln succeeded, retired to Lancaster Township; Dwight D. Eisenhower, whom Kennedy succeeded, retired to Gettysburg.

Luther Adler

He died in Kutztown, Pennsylvania, and was buried in Mount Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, New York, next to several of his relatives, including his older sister Stella.

M1917 Enfield

A third manufacturer, Eddystone Arsenal - a subsidiary of Remington - was tooled up at the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Eddystone, Pennsylvania.

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In addition to Remington's production at Ilion, New York and Eddystone, Pennsylvania, Winchester produced the rifle at their New Haven, Connecticut plant, a combined total more than twice the 1903's production, and was the unofficial service rifle.

Martin Luther King Jr. East Busway

The P2 ("East Busway Short") operates only between Wilkinsburg and Downtown and also makes a loop through Downtown.

Matt Nagy

From 2008–2009, Nagy was the offensive coordinator for the Palmyra Cougars of Palmyra Area High School in Palmyra, Pennsylvania.

Mayor of Scranton, Pennsylvania

The Mayor of Scranton is the chief executive of the government of Scranton, Pennsylvania, as stipulated by the Charter of the City of Scranton.

Michael Schoeffling

Schoeffling lives with his wife, Valerie L. Robinson of Virginia, also a former model, in Newfoundland, Pennsylvania.

Minsi Trails Council

The council consists of six districts and maintains two camping properties: Camp Minsi in Pocono Summit, PA and Trexler Scout Reservation in Jonas, PA.

Nakajima J1N

The airplane was moved to the Air Materiel Depot at Middletown, Pennsylvania, on 23 January 1946.

Ner Middleswarth

He lost a great deal of his wealth, however, on a failed iron business called "Beaver Furnace" near Paxtonville, Pennsylvania.

Olympic Steel

The following year, Olympic entered the machining business by purchasing the assets of JNT Machining and opening a new facility in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.

Paoli, Oklahoma

It was named after Paoli, an unincorporated community outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where most of the railroad workers that basically built the town were from.

Pennsylvania Route 82

In Unionville, PA 82 begins to turn towards the west and is called Doe Run Road and has a concurrency with Pennsylvania Route 842.

Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district election, 2010

Pennsylvania 7th congressional district election, 2010 was an election held to determine who would represent Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives during the 112th Congress.

Peter Blume

Blume worked for the Section of Painting and Sculpture of the U.S. Treasury Department, painting at least two post office murals, in Geneva, New York, and Canonsburg, Pennsylvania.

Peter Staley

His father was a plant manager for Procter & Gamble at the time, and his family moved throughout the US until he was eight years old, when his family moved to Berwyn, Pennsylvania after his father was hired to run the PQ Corporation, based in Philadelphia.

Phil Margera

Margera was born in Concordville, Pennsylvania on July 13, 1957, where he was raised, as the second of seven children of Phillip and Darlene Margera (née Stauffer; October 13, 1939 - June 16, 2007).

Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad

The railroad continued northwest along the left downstream bank of the Ohio to the vicinity of Beaver, Pennsylvania, where it crossed the river on the Beaver Bridge.

Pittsburgh Senior Classic

It was played in the greater Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area; first in Midway, Pennsylvania at the Quicksilver Golf Club (1993-1997) and then in Sewickley Heights, Pennsylvania at the Sewickley Heights Golf Club.

Plum pox

In the fall of 1999, plum pox strain PPV-D was detected in an Adams County, Pennsylvania orchard.

Rex House

Rex House, also known as the Gemberling-Rex House, is a historic home located at Schaefferstown in Heidelberg Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.

Robins Air Force Base

When the U.S. Air Force closed down its maintenance depots at the former Brookley AFB in Mobile, Alabama and the former Olmsted AFB in Middleton Township, Pennsylvania, Robins AFB assumed the workload of these depots.

Roy Wells

Roy J. Wells is a prominent lobbyist in Pennsylvania, working as President and Managing Director of Triad Strategies, a Harrisburg, Pennsylvania-based lobbying firm.

Sacred Oak

Today, the Sacred Oak still grows in a forested area just off Friedensburg Road in Oley Township.

Sam Felton

Felton declined the offer to return to his home in Haverford, Pennsylvania and pursue a career in business.

Sarah Tyson Rorer

She was born at Richboro, Pa., daughter of Charles Tyson Heston, a pharmacist, and Elizabeth Sagers.

Schnecksville, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Route 873 begins at PA 309 in Schnecksville and exits the area to the north towards Neffs.

Schuylkill Canal Association

The area extends along the canal and left bank of the Schuylkill River, from Mont Clare past Port Providence.

Sebastian Currier

Sebastian Currier (born March 16, 1959, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania) is an American composer of music for chamber groups and orchestras.

Simeon Magruder Levy

The boy's birth date is not documented, but his bris (ritual circumcision), which is usually done on the eighth day, was performed on January 25, 1774 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Skylon Tower

Costing $7 million at the time of its construction, the Skylon Tower was owned by a private partnership called Niagara International Centre, which was financed by the The Hershey Company shareholdings of Charles Richard Reese, former co-owner of the H. B. Reese Candy Company of Hershey, Pennsylvania.

Texas County, Oklahoma

Texas County is one of four counties in the United States to border the state with which it shares its name (the other three are Nevada County, California, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, and Ohio County, West Virginia).

Tobias Segal

Segal was born and raised in Chester County, Pennsylvania, and has been active in the theatre community in Philadelphia.

Tommy Van Scoy

Van Scoy was born March 22, 1920, in Bear Creek, Pennsylvania.

Torneo cibernetico

The first Chikara Torneo Cibernetico took place on October 30, 2004 in Emmaus, Pennsylvania, and featured "Sweet 'n' Sour International" (Larry Sweeney (captain), Crossbones, Hallowicked, Mano Metalico, Rorschach, ShareCropper, Spyrazul and UltraMantis Black) wrestling against the team of Jigsaw (captain), DJ Skittlez, Gran Akuma, Icarus, Jolly Roger, Mister ZERO, Private Eye and Shane Storm.

Tri-Hill, Pennsylvania

Tri-Hill is located in Spring Garden Township connected to the neighborhood of Violet Hill.

Trombetto

The final version was custom-crafted using additional tubing attached to a rare, antique 4th valve for the purpose of completing the horn’s lower registry capability, by brass technician, Ted Weir at the former Brass & Woodwind Shop in Carnegie, Pennsylvania.

United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, 1956

Pennsylvania was the home state of President Eisenhower as he moved to the Gettysburg area after World War II.

Urban terrorism

The hijackers crashed a third airliner into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, just outside Washington, D.C. The fourth plane crashed into a field near Shanksville in rural Pennsylvania after some of its passengers and flight crew attempted to retake control of the plane, which the hijackers had redirected toward Washington, D.C. in an attempted attack on the United States Capitol Building.

US Army Medical Materiel Center – Southwest Asia

USAMMC-SWA was established as a provisional unit just before the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom, manned by the Soldiers assigned to the 6th Medical Logistics Management Center (6MLMC) from Fort Detrick, Maryland, the 388th Medical Battalion (Logistics) from Hays, Kansas and the 424th Medical Battalion (Logistics) from Coraopolis, Pennsylvania.

Westinghouse Air Brake Company

In 1889, the air brake manufacturing facility was moved to Wilmerding, Pennsylvania, and the company's general office building was built there in 1890.

Will Tallman

He was most recently self-employed performing computer networking and telephone line improvements for several small businesses in the Hanover and Gettysburg areas.

William C. Davidon

He was instrumental in planning and organizing a break-in of the F.B.I. Media, Pennsylvania office, as the leader of the Citizens' Commission to Investigate the FBI.

William Henry Houghton

After a series of revivalistic meetings at a Baptist church in New Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in the spring of 1918, he accepted their offer of the pastorate and stayed until he took a new pastorate at the First Baptist Church of Norristown, Pennsylvania, in the fall of 1920.

WKBS-TV

call letters = WKBS-TV
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1996 Little League World Series

The 1996 Little League World Series took place between August 19 and August 24 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.

Adlai Stevenson I

John Turner Stevenson's grandfather, William was born in Roxburgh, Scotland then migrated to and from Ulster around 1748, settling first in Pennsylvania and then in North Carolina in the County of Iredell.

Albright

Albright College, a liberal arts college located in Reading, Pennsylvania

Area codes 215 and 267

215 and 267 are the North American telephone area codes for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania which serve its southeast corner, including the city of Philadelphia and its northern and eastern suburbs.

Ben Parker

Ben L. Parker (1913–2003), former Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives

Blue Cross Blue Shield Association

Other multi-state organizations include CareFirst in the Mid-Atlantic, The Regence Group in the Pacific Northwest, and Highmark which serves Pennsylvania, Delaware, and West Virginia.

Center for Bio-Ethical Reform

Its slogan is "abortion represents an evil so inexpressible that words fail us when attempting to describe its horror. Until abortion is seen, it will never be understood." The Executive Director of the CBR is Gregg Cunningham, a former Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives who has also held a number of other government positions.

Cerussite

Finely crystallized specimens have been obtained from the Friedrichssegen mine in Lahnstein near Nassau, Johanngeorgenstadt in Saxony, Mies in Bohemia, Phoenixville in Pennsylvania, Broken Hill, New South Wales; and several other localities.

Committee of Five

On June 11, the members of the Committee of Five were appointed; they were: John Adams of Massachusetts, Roger Sherman of Connecticut, Robert Livingston of New York, Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania, and Thomas Jefferson of Virginia.

Cumberland County Biker/Hiker Trail

The Cumberland County Biker/Hiker Trail is a Pennsylvania rail trail at Pine Grove Furnace State Park and is almost entirely on the "Old Railroad Bed Road" between Fuller Lake and Laurel Lake.

CV Productions, Inc.

“The Sports Museum has brought to light the central role that Pittsburgh has played in the sports of boxing and wrestling, focusing on such greats as Bruno Sammartino and Kurt Angle,” said Anne Madarasz, co-director of the Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum.

Doe v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority

John Doe was an employee for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority SEPTA who had contracted Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome HIV/AIDS.

Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation

By the spring of 1946, Eckert and Mauchly had procured a U.S. Army contract for the University of Pennsylvania and were already designing the EDVAC — the successor machine to the ENIAC — at the university's Moore School of Electrical Engineering.

Federal Prison Camp, Duluth

Hecker has since been transferred to the Federal Correctional Institution, Loretto, a low-security facility in Pennsylvania with an adjacent minimum-security satellite prison camp.

Finnegan Foundation

Founders of the foundation included: Pittsburgh Mayor Joe Barr, Commonwealth Judge Genevieve Blatt, Democratic National Committeewoman Louise M. John, Pennsylvania Gov. David Lawrence, U.S. Ambassador Matthew H. McCloskey II, U.S. Ambassador John Rice, and Pennsylvania State Treasurer Grace M. Sloan.

Flyer II

Ravine Flyer II, a hybrid wooden roller coaster located at Waldameer Park in Erie, Pennsylvania, United States

Frank Cignetti

Frank Cignetti, Sr. (born 1937), American football player and coach, head coach at West Virginia University (1976–1979) and Indiana University of Pennsylvania (1986–2005)

German-Pennsylvanian Association

The first top chairperson was publishing editor Dr. Michael Werner who established the Pennsylvania German newspaper Hiwwe wie Driwwe and an archive for Pennsylvania Dutch literature in Ober-Olm.

Grape pie

Vineyards that grow the grape, which was developed in the U.S., stretch from Western New York across Pennsylvania and into Ohio, forming a "narrow 100-mile-long strip" which includes Westfield, New York (known as "Concord grape juice capital of the world"), on the southern Lake Erie shore.

Harrisburg Air National Guard Base

In 1998, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania transferred ownership of the airport to the Susquehanna Area Regional Airport Authority (SARAA).

Harry Davenport

Harry J. Davenport (1902–1977), Democratic Party member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Israel Jacobs

Jaobs was born near the Perkiomen Creek in Providence Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

Jackson Bailey

Bailey was also honored with Honorary doctorate degrees from Haverford College in Pennsylvania, Wabash College in Indiana, the College of Wooster in Ohio, and Waseda University in Japan.

Lewis Watson

Lewis Findlay Watson (1819–1890), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania

Marion Cameron Gray

In 1924 she travelled to the United States under the assistance of both a British graduates scholarship and a Carnegie scholarship to attend Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania from where she gained a Ph.D. under the supervision of Anna Johnson Pell Wheeler.

Mark Dobies

Mark Dobies (born April 3, 1959 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American actor.

McClellan Heights, Pennsylvania

McClellan Heights, located in York County, Pennsylvania, United States, is a neighborhood adjacent to the city of York and is part of the campus of the York College of Pennsylvania.

Minsi

Mount Minsi, a hill on the Pennsylvania side of Delaware Water Gap

New Galilee

The New Galilee, Pennsylvania, a borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States

Pearl S. Buck House

Green Hills Farm, the Bucks County, Pennsylvania location where Pearl S. Buck lived for 40 years

Rabbit Redux

Rabbit Redux finds the former high-school basketball star, Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom, working a dead-end job (as a Linotype operator at the local printing plant) and approaching middle age in the downtrodden and fictional city of Brewer, Pennsylvania, the place of his birth.

Richard Thornburg

Dick Thornburgh (spelled with another "h"), a former Pennsylvania Governor and US Attorney General

Robert Michael Dow Jr.

On December 2, 2010, Judge Dow ruled against five states (Michigan, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Minnesota, and Wisconsin), stating that five Chicago-area shipping locks will stay open despite the risk that Lake Michigan Asian carp pose to the multi-billion dollar fishing industry, saying not enough evidence was presented that indicated the danger was truly imminent.

Ron Rowan

Born in New Brighton, Pennsylvania, Rowan starred at Beaver Falls (Pennsylvania) High School, averaging nearly 26 points per game as a senior.

Ronald G. Beckett

Following the initial work in the Cardiopulmonary Sciences laboratory, Beckett began to apply endoscopy in concert with radiography on the Max Uhle collection of mummies from Pachacamac Peru at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Samuel B. Booth

He was rector of St. Luke's Church, Kensington, Philadelphia (1914-1918), chaplain to an American Red Cross evacuation hospital in France, and superintendent of missions, Bucks County, Pennsylvania before consecration as bishop coadjutor of Vermont on February 17, 1925.

Samuel Bernard Dick

He then commanded the Fifth Regiment, Pennsylvania Militia, and proceeded to New Creek, West Virginia, in July 1863.

Seneca Valley School District

In 2009, the 8th grade was ranked 34th out of 141 western Pennsylvania middle schools based on three years of student academic achievement in PSSAs in: reading, math writing and one year of science.

Symyx Technologies

In 2008, Symyx sold non-RTECS portions of the occupational health and safety (OHS) component of the MDL business to ChemAdvisor, Inc., of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue

The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue is an American 1996 television film directed by Robert Ellis Miller.

U.S. Route 522

US 522 passes through the Ridge and Valley Province of the Appalachian Mountains of central Pennsylvania, connecting Hancock, Maryland on the Potomac River with McConnellsburg, Mount Union, Lewistown, Middleburg, and Selinsgrove on the Susquehanna River.

U.S. Route 6 in Ohio

7.5 miles north of Andover, US 6 breaks its concurrency with SR 7, turns east, and enters Pennsylvania in Crawford County, just north of the Pymatuning Reservoir.

Ulmus americana 'Penn Treaty'

Plants under that name were raised at the Morris Arboretum, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, from grafts made in 1945 from a tree at Haverford College, itself a graft from the Shackamaxon Treaty Elm (felled by a storm in 1810) in what was later named Penn Treaty Park, Kensington, Pa.

Walt Levinsky

Later Walt attended the Music Conservatory at Lebanon Valley College, Annville, Pennsylvania where he majored in clarinet.

West Concord, Minnesota

The early settlers of the area were from New England, New York or Pennsylvania and West Concord, and well as Concord Township which surrounds it, were named after Concord, New Hampshire.

WHUN

WHUN-FM, a radio station (106.3 FM) licensed to serve Mount Union, Pennsylvania

William Findley

At one point, Constitutional Convention delegate James Wilson and Pennsylvania Chief Justice Thomas McKean disputed one of Findley's statements about jury trials in Sweden; Findley returned two days later with William Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England and demonstrated that his reference had been correct.