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Miller, Randall M. and William A. Pencak, eds. Pennsylvania: A History of the Commonwealth (2002) detailed scholarly history; Beers, Paul B. Pennsylvania Politics Today and Yesterday (1980)* Klein, Philip S and Ari Hoogenboom. A History of Pennsylvania (1973). Weigley, Russell. Philadelphia: A 300-Year History (1982)
History of Allentown, Pennsylvania (4 C, 44 P, 3 F) C. ... Pages in category "Histories of cities in Pennsylvania" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of ...
The European forts and settlements in the Delaware River Valley, then known as New Sweden, c. 1650 A 1683 map of Philadelphia, which is believed to be the first city map created Philadelphia's seal in 1683 Penn's Treaty with the Indians, a 1772 portrait by Benjamin West now on display above the north door of the United States Capitol rotunda
Map of the United States with Pennsylvania highlighted. There are 56 municipalities classified as cities in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. [1] Each city is further classified based on population, with Philadelphia being of the first class, Pittsburgh of the second class, Scranton of the second class A, and the remaining 53 cities being of the third class.
Histories of cities in Pennsylvania (8 C, 6 P) ... Pages in category "History of Pennsylvania" The following 95 pages are in this category, out of 95 total.
Pennsylvania's most populous city is Philadelphia. Pennsylvania was founded in 1681 through a royal land grant to William Penn, the son of the state's namesake. Before that, between 1638 and 1655, a southeast portion of the state was part of New Sweden, a Swedish colony.
Concrete City stands to this day, albeit in extreme disrepair. Demolition plans by the state were scrapped due to the cost of a potential operation. The ghost town is commonly used by military, police, firefighters, [ 5 ] airsoft military-simulation events, [ 6 ] recreational paintball players for staged games, and as a popular site for urban ...
Grinder, Robert Dale. " From Insurgency to Efficiency: The Smoke Abatement Campaign in Pittsburgh before World War I." Western Pennsylvania Historical Magazine (1978) 61#3 pp 187–202. Hays, Samuel P., ed. City at the Point: Essays on the Social History of Pittsburgh. U. of Pittsburgh Press, 1989. 473 pp. Heineman, Kenneth J. (1999).