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Bristol, PA

On Feb. 21, 1861, the train carrying the President-elect from Springfield, Ill.

Andalusia (Bensalem Township), PA

Country estate of Nicholas Biddle (1786-1844), poet, lawyer, agriculturalist, state senator, and president of the Second Bank of the...

Buckingham, PA

First licensed in 1763, it was headquarters of the Committee of Observation and Inspection, which organized the revolutionary movement in...

SW of Bristol, PA

Early river port laid out as Buckingham, 1697.

Doylestown, PA

One of Pennsylvania's three original counties.

Doylestown, PA

Prominent economist and banker who emigrated from Poland in 1906.

Lumberville, PA

Here is Lock No. 12 in a series of 23 lift locks, numbered from Bristol to Easton.

New Hope, PA

Here are locks No. 8-11 of the 23 lift locks on this canal.

Here is Lock No.21 in a series of 23 lift locks, numbered from Bristol to Easton.

New Hope, PA

Opened from Bristol to this place in 1831; and completed to Easton in 1852.

Uhlertown, known as Mexico at an earlier date, was named for Michael Uhler, boatbuilder and operator of a line of canal boats.

Durham, PA

Built 1727. Original site at Durham.

Bearing the inscription "1 M to N" (one mile to Newtown) this milestone is believed to have placed before 1741.

Doylestown, PA

Archaeologist, scholar, collector, tile maker.

Fallsington, PA

One of the first places settled in Pennsylvania, this village has retained a great many of the fine houses of its provincial period.

Warrington, PA

At this site, the Holbert family operated one of the most successful teams in sports car racing history.

Solebury Twp., PA

A 700-acre watershed, managed for agriculture; first in the nation to show that cooperative action, with federal technical assistance,...

Doylestown, PA

The world famous author grew up in Doylestown and graduated in 1925 from the public school formerly here, having been a top-ranking student.

Warminster Heights, PA

Fitch tested near here a model steamboat in 1785.

Bristol, PA

Widely regarded as a key figure in state and national Republican Party politics, he advocated pro-business, low tax, and high tariff...

Cornwells Heights, PA

Catholic religious founder and missionary.

Tullytown, PA

This fully planned, six-home style residential community was conceived by the builder, William J. Levitt.

Warminster, PA

Built by Rev. William Tennent c. 1735, it was the first academy in America for the training of Presbyterian ministers and the first...

Newtown, PA

On Feb. 19, 1778, while the British occupied Philadelphia, some 40 armed Loyalists raided the tavern here.

Noted artist and cofounder of the "luminist" style of landscape painting.

Hartsville, PA

Gen. Washington's headquarters Aug. 10-23, 1777, during the Neshaminy encampment of 11,000 troops.

Langhorne, PA

She played a significant role in the development and advancement of theory and practice of educating children with intellectual...

Morrisville, PA

Founded 1681 by William Penn as a Quaker Commonwealth.

W of Washington Crossing, PA

A system of State-built public works to connect Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Lake Erie.

N of New Hope, PA

A system of State-built public works to connect Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Lake Erie.

Lumberville, PA

A system of State-built public works to connect Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Lake Erie.

Playwicky Indian Town, 1682, was located to the south in the vale by the run and springs.

Langhorne, PA

Buried here are soldiers who died from wounds suffered in the two Battles of Trenton, Dec. 1776-Jan. 1777, and from disease incurred...

Quakertown, PA

Quaker businessman and abolitionist.

Morrisville, PA

An innovative tile and abrasives manufacturer, founded by the Robertson family of ceramic artisans in 1890, operated here until 1982.

Andalusia, PA

On Sept. 2, 1781, French and American armies under Lt. Gen. Rochambeau and Gen. Washington encamped along the nearby Poquessing Creek on...

Statesman, industrialist, born here, Sept. 16, 1779.

Gardenville, PA

In 1783 the Pa. State Government declared six Doan family members outlaws for robberies, burglaries, and felonies.

Newtown, PA

The world's 1st experimental and operational weather satellite, TIROS 1, was manufactured here by Lavelle Aircraft Corp. in 1960.

Quakertown, PA

Site of early challenge to federal government's authority.

Consisting of Treasure Island and Marshall Island.

Doylestown, PA

Statesman, historian, author, lawyer, soldier, he wrote 10 books, rose to Civil War general, was acting governor of the Territory of New...

Wrightstown, PA

Starting here at sunrise, Sept. 19, 1737, Marshall, Yeates, and Jennings set out on the "Indian Walk.

Measured 1737, according to a supposed Indian deed of 1686, granting lands extending a day-and-a-half walk.

Here Washington and his men braved ice and sleet Christmas night, 1776, to cross the Delaware and to surprise and defeat the Hessians at...

Washington Crossing, PA

This site, Towissinck or Jerricho Creek, was the northern boundary of Penn's 1st purchase of Native American land on July 15, 1682.