The Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission will offer free admission to state-owned historic sites along the Pennsylvania Trails of History on Saturday, September 24. The Pennsylvania Trails of ...

PENNSYLVANIA (WHTM) — Pennsylvania has seen its fair share of droughts throughout history. Some were worse than others, with 1963 being especially bad for the droughts in Pennsylvania. Here are some ...

A portion of what was once the Maryland & Pennsylvania Railroad curves around a former flour mill in York County. Fewer Pennsylvanians ride the state’s rail these days, but a network of train lovers ...

PENNSYLVANIA (WHTM) — Pennsylvania is no stranger to flooding. Flooding happens along streams and creeks from heavy rainfalls or remnants of tropical cyclones. But some of the floods broke records of ...

Pennsylvania's absence of federally recognized tribal nations means there's been an incomplete picture of its Native American culture and history, officials said Friday as they announced a ...

Pennsylvania had been installing historical markers for more than a century when the racist violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, in August 2017 brought a fresh round of questions from the public ...

At Monday’s 33rd annual Pennsylvania History Conference at LCCC, from left: Martha Pezzino, MA, Assistant Professor, Social and Behavioral Sciences Department, LCCC; Hank Hunsinger, MA, Adjunct ...

Pennsylvania is preparing to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the state and nation's founding in 1776. But it's not all about history or even all about 2026. The Pennsylvania Commission for the ...

Austin Davis, the son of a hairdresser and a bus driver, made Pennsylvania history on Tuesday, becoming the state’s first Black lieutenant governor. His swearing-in further marked the highest elected ...

Megan Tomasic Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020 9:01 p.m. | Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020 9:01 p.m. Tucked into the bustle of day-to-day life are hints of cultures that once dominated Southwestern Pennsylvania, ...

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