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The Bloomsburg Fair was started by Caleb Barton in 1854. The 156th Bloomsburg Fair was held from September 25 to October 2, 2010. In 2006, fair attendance for the week reached 413,203 people. The 157th Fair was scheduled to be held from September 24, 2011, to October 1, 2011, but was canceled due to flooding associated with Tropical Storm Lee ...
As of the 2010 census, Bloomsburg had a population of 14,855, [5] with an estimated population of 13,811 in 2019. [6] Bloomsburg is one of two principal communities of the Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area, a metropolitan area that covers Columbia and Montour counties, [7] and had a combined population of 85,562 at the 2010 ...
The Purple Cow brand started in 1934 and was an ice cream shop inside of Meijer stores starting in the 1960s. [10] [11] The name is based on Burgess's poem shared by founder Fred Meijer to his three sons. [12] Fred Meijer handed out cards for free ice cream at any Meijer Purple Cow ice cream shop to customers as part of a promotional campaign ...
The Press Enterprise is a daily newspaper published in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, United States. It is owned by the parent company Press Enterprise Inc. and run by the Eyerly family. The newspaper serves a wide area, including Columbia County and Montour County, along with sections of Northumberland and Luzerne counties.
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Pennsylvania Route 487 (PA 487) is a 64.2-mile-long (103.3 km), north–south state highway running from PA 61 in Shamokin Township, Northumberland County, to PA 87 (near its intersection with US 220) in Dushore, Sullivan County. In Bloomsburg, PA 487 and US 11 share a brief wrong-way concurrency
Boone's Dam near Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. There are five dams on Fishing Creek. [41] The lowhead dam called Boone's Dam is the furthest downstream, in Montour Township. [27] [41] It is 4.5 feet (1.4 m) high and 253 feet (77 m) long. Further upstream is the Diverting Dam, a 2-foot (0.6-meter) high and 100-foot (31-meter) long dam in Bloomsburg ...
In the 1870s, the Bloomsburg Water Company attempted unsuccessfully to use Stony Brook as a water supply. [9] In 1938, a concrete tee beam bridge was built over Stony Brook. It is 33.1 feet (10.1 m) long and carries Pennsylvania Route 487.