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The site along the Susquehanna River in which Harrisburg is located 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, as the trails leading from the Delaware to the Ohio and from the Potomac to the Upper Susquehanna intersected ...
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.
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. Bull Run [5] (antiquated) Capitol District; Eighth Ward [5] (antiquated) Judytown (antiquated) Market Square; Maclaysburg (antiquated) Restaurant Row; Shipoke; South of ...
Riverside is a suburban neighborhood within the Uptown section of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.It is bordered by Front Street and the Susquehanna River to the west, Vaughn Street (and municipal line to Susquehanna Township) to the north, 7th Street and Railroad tracks to the east, and Division Street to the south. [1]
On January 16, 2015, the Susquehanna Art Museum relocated to the transformed former Keystone Trust Building, located at 1401 North Third Street, Harrisburg, PA 17102. The museum was once located in the heart of Harrisburg's central business district , where it occupied several floors of the Kunkel Building , also known as the Feller Building ...
The Harrisburg–Carlisle metropolitan statistical area, officially the Harrisburg–Carlisle, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area, and also referred to as the Susquehanna Valley, is defined by the Office of Management and Budget as an area consisting of three counties in South Central Pennsylvania, anchored by the cities of Harrisburg and Carlisle.
McCormick Island is a 100-acre (0.40 km 2) island, located in the city of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. It's one of the larger islands that makes up the Sheets Island Archipelago (3,675 acres) in the Susquehanna River. Other islands surrounding are Sheets Island, and Governor’s Mansion Island.
This district includes fifty contributing buildings that are located in the old central business district of Harrisburg. Dating from the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, notable buildings include the Daily and Weekly Telegraph Building (1873-1874), the City Bank Building (c. 1872), F.W. Woolworth (1939), Rothert's Furniture Store (1906), Bowman's Department Store (1907, 1910 ...