Rural Electrification
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In 1936 seventy-five percent of Pennsylvania farms had no electric service. During the next five years, with Federal support, 14 consumer-owned cooperatives were formed in this State. Southwest Central Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation, serving users in seven counties, was incorporated March 4, 1937.
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Edward Abbey
Home, PA
Author and defender of wilderness, most famous for his two books Desert Solitaire and The Monkey Wrench Gang.
Moorhead's Fort
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William H. Sylvis
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American labor pioneer.
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Blairsville, PA
In April, 1858, citizens of Blairsville rescued a fugitive slave, Newman, from arrest by a U.S. Marshall and Virginia slave hunters.
John S. Fisher
Governor of Pennsylvania, 1927-1931, was born on a farm, 1 mile NE of here, in 1867.