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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 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 ...
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.
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
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