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At first glance, Adams Township looks like many other suburban spots scattered around Western Pennsylvania, quiet streets, neatly kept lawns, and a pace of life that feel...
July 08, 2025
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From New York’s many New Year’s “sports and entertainments”—including football games, an open house at the Young Men’s Christian Association and an exhibit by the Society...
July 08, 2025
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Milton Hershey changed chocolate
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Elizabeth Cochran was the daughter of prominent Armstrong County businessman and community leader Michael Cochran and the widowed, former Mary Jane Kennedy. Born on May 5...
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In 1897, a charter was granted for the construction of a hospital in Butler County — an initiative sparked by the foresight and determination of a group of women whose ef...
July 08, 2025
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Hershey’s Chocolate World
Address: 101 Chocolate World Way, Hershey, PA 17033
Phone: 717-534-4900
Website: www.chocolateworld.com
Open: Monday-Thursd...
July 08, 2025
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George Westinghouse was a natural inventor and tinkerer whose work literally helped illuminate the world at the end of the 19th century.
From his youth working for his fa...
June 10, 2025
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As the sun rose on Monday, Jan. 1, 1900, Americans awoke to a new decade — the first in what would be called an “American Century.”
Things were changing. George M. Cohan...
June 10, 2025
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1900-1909 was mining’s deadliest in the nation’s history
Many families in Pennsylvania have a similar story: a father, grandfather or great-grandfather who worked in the ...
June 10, 2025
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West Sunbury is a small town that had some big dreams. Although at one time considered the smallest borough in the state, it had hopes it would become the county seat ins...
June 10, 2025
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