America's first movie theatre was opened in Pittsburgh in 1905. The admission was five cents, so it was called the "Nickelodean."
About a hundred years ago, the northcentral part of Pennsylvania was the largest lumber operation east of the Mississippi. Today many young trees line Pine Creek in PA Grand Canyon.
60% of Pennsylvania is still covered with woodland. As a result, Pennsylvania, along with Texas, is home to the largest deer population in the lower forty-eight states.
The Battle of Gettysburg, which lasted three days, happened by accident when the Union and Confederate armies crossed each other's path. It was a mistake which resulted in 51,000 soldiers losing their lives, and the nearby streams ran red for days from all the blood.
In 1777, after the Battle of Brandywine, the Liberty Bell was moved to Allentown and hidden in the Zion Reformed Church. There it was protected from the British Army.
Pennsylvania is largely an agricultural state. Lancaster County is responsible for 11% of the state's total agriculture production of edible mushrooms, and Philadelphia County is the only one of the state's 67 counties which has no farm production.
MERCER COUNTY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN HAS BEEN RECENLY UPDATED -
