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Old City is a neighborhood in Center City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, near the Delaware River waterfront. It is home to Independence National Historical Park , a dense section of historic landmarks including Independence Hall , the Liberty Bell , the First Bank of the United States , the Second Bank of the United States , and ...
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History of old Germantown: with a description of its settlement and some account of its important persons, buildings and places connected with its development. Vol. 1. Germantown, Philadelphia: H. F. McCann. p. 453. Pennypacker, Samuel (1899). The Settlement of Germantown Pennsylvania and the Beginning of German Emigration to North America.
The adjacent Old Allentown Cemetery is the city's second-oldest cemetery, located next to Allentown Cemetery Park. Burial site of Tilghman Good (1830–87), a two-term mayor of Allentown and commander of the 47th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, a division of the Union Army during the American Civil War. [3] Allentown Fairgrounds (1889)
The city deputized firemen and trash collectors to help handle demonstrators. [39] The State of Pennsylvania deployed 50 state troopers to assist the 77-member Chester police force. [40] The demonstrations were marked by violence and police brutality [41] with Chester being dubbed the "Birmingham of the North" by civil rights activist James ...
Allegheny City was a municipality that existed in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania from 1788 until it was annexed by Pittsburgh in 1907. It was located north across the Allegheny River from downtown Pittsburgh, with its southwest border formed by the Ohio River, and is known today as the North Side.
Society Hill is named after the 17th-century Free Society of Traders, which had its offices at Front Street on the hill above Dock Creek. [14] The Free Society of Traders was a company of elite merchants, landowners, and personal associates of William Penn who were granted special concessions in order to direct the economy of the young colony.
Oil City: 52.2: 84.0: PA 8 north (Main Street) / PA 428 north (Halyday Street) – Titusville: Northern end of PA 8 concurrency; southern terminus of PA 428: 53.5: 86.1: PA 257 south – Cranberry: Northern terminus of PA 257: Cranberry Township: 56.6: 91.1: PA 157 east – Fryburg: Eastern terminus of PA 157: Forest: Tionesta Township: 70.4: 113.3