Susquehanna

Father of the Homestead Act, opening western lands to free settlement in 1862, lived at nearby Glenwood.

Harford, PA

Father of the Homestead Act, opening western lands to free settlement in 1862.

Father of the Homestead Act, opening western lands to free settlement in 1862, Speaker of the House, 1861-63.

Springville, PA

Jurist, educator, politician.

The first American-born African American Catholic nun in the nation and charter member of the Oblate Sisters of Providence, the first...

Founded 1681 by William Penn as a Quaker Commonwealth.

Forest City, PA

Entertainment pioneer who operated the Family Theater on Main St. in 1908-11.

Lanesboro, PA

Built in 1847-48 by the Erie Railroad, it is the oldest stone railroad bridge in the State in use today.

Montrose, PA

Formed on February 21, 1810 out of Luzerne County.

Settled by Prince Perkins, a free African American Revolutionary War veteran who came from Conn.