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A high point of Harrisburg's City Beautiful movement was the construction and dedication of a new and expensive capitol building. Originally expected to cost $5 to $10 million, the cost had risen to $12.5 million when dedicated in 1906 ($4 million of which was for graft; $850 was spent for a $150 flagpole, for example). Five people, including ...
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.
A year later, in 1837, the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society was established in Philadelphia. Delegates subsequently traveled from Harrisburg to Philadelphia to participate in anti-slavery conventions. [2] Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison were invited to Harrisburg to speak in front of the courthouse. [2]
Harrisburg's location on major railroad lines running east and west, and north and south made it the ideal location for moving men and supplies to the armies in the field. In addition to Pennsylvania regiments, troops from Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Wisconsin, and the Regular Army used Camp Curtin.
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.
1869 Historical Society of Dauphin County is founded by leading citizens at a meeting in Market Square Presbyterian Church. 1873 Horse-drawn passenger railway company opened [6] First street in Harrisburg is paved. [7] 1875 Harrisburg and Middletown Omnibus Co. was organized to bring passengers to the trolley. [6] 1877
Yardley, PA and Titusville, NJ: Bucks, PA and Mercer County, NJ: Pennsylvania location of George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River leading up to the Battle of Trenton on December 26, 1776, includes Washington Crossing State Park in New Jersey
The Pennsylvania State Capitol Complex is a large complex of state government buildings in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Set on more than 50 acres (20 ha) of downtown Harrisburg, it includes the Pennsylvania State Capitol and a landscaped park environment with monuments, memorials, and other government buildings. It is bounded on the north by ...