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Pennsylvania

Keystone State - During colonial times Pennsylvania was the middle colony of the original 13 colonies. It held the colonies together like the "keystone" in a window or door arch.

Background: Pennsylvania was settled in 1643. Philadelphia was our state capital during the Revolutionary War and York was the first capital of the United States.

State name’s meaning:  Penn’s Woods (after Admiral William Penn's father)

Motto:  Virtue, Liberty and Independence

Important Documents: Several important documents were written in Pennsylvania
The Constitution of the United States
The American Declaration of Independence
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address

Flower:  Mountain Laurel

Tree:  Hemlock

Bird:  Ruffed Grouse

Animal:  Whitetail Deer

Insect:  Firefly

Dog:  Great Dane

Beverage:  Milk

Fish  Brook Trout

Fossil:  Phacops Rana

Ship:  United States Brig Niagara

Geography:

Area:  45,888 square miles

Rank:   32nd in nation

Width:  310 miles (east to west)  180 miles (N to S)

Geographic center: Centre County, home of Penn State University

Highest point:  Mt. Davis, Somerset County 3,213 feet. Somerset County was also the site of the September 11, 2001 crash of Flight 93.

Lowest point:Delaware River

Largest County: Lycoming County with its county seat of Williamsport (the Home of Little League Baseball) is larger than the State of Rhode Island. Bradford County is second in size.

Counties with NO traffic lights: Forest County and Perry County

Capital: Harrisburg in Dauphin County

Counties: 67

Headwaters of three major rivers: Potter County

Population:  12,009,000
Lancaster County has more people than the entire state of Wyoming

Lakes:50 natural lakes (over 20 acres wide) and 2,500 man-made lakes

Christmas Tree Capital of the World: Indiana County

Rivers and streams:  45,000 miles

State Parks:  116     Acreage:  282,500

State Forest Districts:  20     Acreage: 2,200,000

State Game Lands:  294     Acreage:  1,379,002
 
Government:

State Representatives: 203

State Senators: 50

U.S Representatives: 21

U.S. Senators: 2
 
Pennsylvania Firsts:

Hospital,  Library,  Zoo,  Newspaper,  Nation's Capitol,  all motion-picture theater,  television broadcast,  radio broadcast,  educational public-television station,  paper mill,  druggist, locomotive for railroad use,  high-speed multi-lane highway - the Pennsylvania Turnpike,  Banana Split,  electronic computer built,  commercial use of computer,  cable television,  educational public television station, government low-interest, long term business financing program

Agriculture:

Farms: 55,000

Farmland: 9,000,000 acres

Agricultural product sales: $3,500,000,000

Rural Population: 3,700,000

Leading Farm products: dairy products, mushrooms, apples, tobacco, grapes, peaches, cut flowers

PA is First Among US in:

Rural Population, number of licensed hunters, State Game Lands, covered bridges, potato chip production, pretzel bakeries, licensed bakeries, meat packing plants, mushroom production, sausage production, scrapple production.