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In 1911, society members oversaw the planning and implementation of special events held in conjunction with the centennial of the start of steam navigation services on western rivers. [1] On February, 17, 1914, the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania opened its new building on Grant Boulevard near Parkman in Pittsburgh's Schenley district.
The Catholic Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania (CHSWP) is a historical society based in western Pennsylvania. The mission of the CHSWP is to teach and disseminate knowledge of the history of the Catholic Church in western Pennsylvania and the United States, while also working to preserve documents, records, and artifacts related to that history.
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Western Pennsylvania is a region in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania encompassing the western half of the state. Pittsburgh is the region's principal city, with a metropolitan area population of about 2.4 million people, and serves as its economic and cultural center. Erie, Altoona, and Johnstown are its other metropolitan centers. As of the ...
The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy (WPC) is a private nonprofit conservation organization founded in 1932 and headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.WPC has contributed land to 12 state parks and conserved more than 290,000 acres of natural lands.
The society was founded in 1880 to "promote social, technical, and business interaction in Western Pennsylvania." [ 1 ] Among other activities, the ESWP is the sponsor of the International Water Conference (IWC) annually since 1940; [ 2 ] the International Bridge Conference (IBC) annually since 1983; [ 3 ] and is a co-sponsor of the ...
The Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives is a think tank based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. [5] It develops and advances fiscally conservative and libertarian public policies. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] The organization's stated mission is to "transform free-market ideas into public policies so all Pennsylvanians can flourish."
The Walker-Ewing Log House is an historic, eighteenth century loghouse located in Collier Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.Owned and managed by the Pioneers West Historical Society beginning in the 1990s, [3] [4] the home and land were acquired by the Allegheny Land Trust in 2020 with oversight responsibility for the building's preservation and easement given to the Western ...