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Harrisburg, as seen from the west bank of the Susquehanna River in 1879. The history of Harrisburg, the state capital of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, has played a key role in the development of the nation's industrial history from its origins as a trading outpost to the present.
1867 Pennsylvania Steel Works, south of Harrisburg, was first in the US to produce steel ingots on order. 1869 Historical Society of Dauphin County is founded by leading citizens at a meeting in Market Square Presbyterian Church.
Harrisburg's site along the Susquehanna River is thought to have been inhabited by Native Americans as early as 3000 BC. Known to the Native Americans as "Peixtin", or "Paxtang", the area was an important resting place and crossroads for Native American traders with trails leading from the Delaware to the Ohio rivers and from the Potomac to the Upper Susquehanna intersecting there.
During the American Civil War, Pennsylvania was the second largest state in the Union, and Harrisburg was the state's capital. [1] Located at the intersection of important railroads, Harrisburg proved an important supply and logistics center for the dissemination and transportation of materiel for the Union Army.
People from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (8 C, 96 P) Pages in category "History of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.
The Political Graveyard: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Dedication of Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg – Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission; History of Harrisburg: the State Capital – Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission; History of the Counties of Dauphin and Lebanon [permanent dead link
Pennsylvania State Capitol Complex, Bounded by 3rd and 7th, North and Walnut Streets Harrisburg Main article: Downtown Harrisburg, Pennsylvania The boundary of Harrisburg's Downtown is considered Forster Street to the north, I-83 to the south, the railroad tracks to the east, and the Susquehanna River to the west.
The Harrisburg Historic District is a national historic district which is located in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. [ 1 ]