Since the founding of our country, Pennsylvania has played a crucial role in the development of the United States of America. Many of our Founding Fathers spent much of their public careers in the ...

Despite its prominence in U.S. history, the state of Pennsylvania has only been the birthplace of one President of the United States. However, despite this, there are several fascinating buildings ...

Until one sunny day in early June, the Scribbler never had visited Cove Gap, the place where James Buchanan, Lancaster’s only and Pennsylvania’s first president (1857-1861) opened his eyes for the ...

James Buchanan is the only U.S. president from the Susquehanna Valley.He was born and raised in Franklin County, and he lived in Lancaster for most of his adult life.News 8 went to LancasterHistory ...

Preface. Prologue. 1. Pennsylvania Pioneer (1783-1809). Wagons in the wilderness -- Mercersburg -- Dickinson College. 2. Preface to Politics (1809-1829). Country lawyer -- State Assemblyman -- Counsel ...

Pennsylvania isn’t the “Mother of Presidents.” That title that goes to the state of Virginia, which gave birth to eight of our chief executives. But the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania does seem to have ...

Despite Pennsylvania’s prominent role in the American Revolution and the founding of the United States — it even had the nation’s capital for a time — the Keystone State has produced only one U.S.

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online ...

It has long been assumed that the name given to the road known as “Stony Battery (occasionally spelled Stoney),’’ which winds its way from Mountville to Salunga, is a corruption of “Stony Batter,’’ ...