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The Delaware River in Philadelphia The Susquehanna River near Sunbury This is a list of streams and rivers in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania . By drainage basin
The history of Pennsylvania stems back thousands of years when the first indigenous peoples occupied the area of what is now Pennsylvania. In 1681, Pennsylvania became an English colony when William Penn received a royal deed from King Charles II of England .
The Pennsylvania Dutch region in south-central Pennsylvania is a favorite for sightseers. The Pennsylvania Dutch, including the Amish, Mennonites, and at least 15 other sects are common in the rural areas around the cities of Lancaster, York, and Harrisburg with smaller populations extending northeast to the Lehigh Valley and up to the Susquehanna Valley.
An estimated 300 to 350 homes along the Potomac River in Washington County were “wholly or partially flooded.” Edison power plant in Williamsport, Maryland, after the March 18, 1936 flood ...
Beaver Creek, Carbon County, Pennsylvania; Beaver River (Pennsylvania) Beaver Run (Bowman Creek tributary) Beaver Run (Buffalo Creek tributary) Beaver Run (Catawissa Creek tributary) Beaver Run (Chillisquaque Creek tributary) Beaver Run (County Line Branch) Beaver Run (Little Muncy Creek tributary) Beaver Run (Neshannock Creek tributary)
Marysville is a borough in Perry County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,652 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Harrisburg–Carlisle Metropolitan Statistical Area. The borough was settled in 1755, incorporated as the Borough of Haley in 1866, and re-incorporated as the Borough of Marysville in 1867.
It is the oldest state park site in Louisiana, founded in 1934 as the Longfellow-Evangeline State Commemorative Area. Evangeline was Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's enormously popular 1847 epic poem about Acadian lovers, who are now figures in local history. In the town center, the Evangeline Oak is the legendary meeting place of the two lovers ...
The Erie Triangle is a roughly 300-square-mile (780-square-kilometre) tract of land that was the subject of several competing colonial-era claims.It was eventually acquired by the U.S. federal government and sold to Pennsylvania so that the state would have access to a freshwater port on Lake Erie.