RIVERS
This River acts as the border between Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey.
The Delaware River
This major port city was named after the lake that makes up its shoreline.
Erie
This city in the United States is known as "The Christmas City"
Bethlehem
This company has its own theme park and is a chocolate lovers paradise
Hershey
Abolitionists in the 1830's were responsible for the renaming of our State House Bell to this
Liberty Bell
This is the longest river in the eastern U.S.
Susquehanna River
Lake Wallenpaupack
This town is home to the first American football game under electric lights in 1892. It got the ball rolling for nightly football games!
Mansfield
This high profile pop music artist was born in west reading in 1989.
Taylor Swift
Opening its doors in 1752, It became the nations first hospital founded by Dr Thomas Bond and Benjamin Franklin
The Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia
These three rivers Meet in Pittsburgh PA
Allegheny, Monongahela, and Ohio
Lake Nockamixon
A lesser known, but catastrophic, dam disaster took place in 1911 that wiped this town off the map in Potter County. The town rebuilt at a higher elevation.
Austin
They can be boiled, deep fried or sauted in butter and onions. A famous brand of them comes right out of Schuylkill County
Pierogies
He founded PA in 1681 as a colony for religion and political tolerance
William Penn
This river, once polluted by mine drainage, is now a vital source of drinking water. Its also the largest tributary of the Delaware River.
Schuylkill River
This body of water, located in Luzerne County, is the states deepest glacial lake. It is also the largest glacial lake by Volume in PA.
Harveys Lake
This major PA city has seen its population cut in half since 1950. Partly due to the collapse of the steel industry.
Pittsburgh
Located in Forbes State Forest in Somerset County, this mountain has the highest Point in PA at 3,213 ft.
Mount Davis
This town is home to a critical turning point in the Civil war with a Union Victory.
Ghettysburg
the 1889 South Fork dam collapse in Johnstown was located at the south fork tributary of this river.
The Little Conemaugh River (The disaster killed over 2,000 people)
Pymatuning Lake is a 17,088 acre man made lake/ reservoir that shares a border between Pennsylvania and what other state.
OHIO
At a little over 1200 square miles, this is the largest county by land area.
Lycoming County
The geometrical name given to the border between Delaware and Pennsylvania
12 mile circle
Pennsylvania is the place where the Declaration of Independence, the US Constitution and this founding document were all written and ratified
Articles of Confederation