Historian Lee Stout and engineering professor Harry H. West show how Penn State’s Beaver Stadium came to be, including a look at its predecessors, “Old” Beaver Field, built in 1893 on a site centrally located northeast of Old Main, and “New” Beaver Field, built on the northwest corner of campus in 1909. Stout and West […]
Search Results for:
Battlefield Pennsylvania: The Battle of Hunterstown
On July 2, 1863, the Battle of Hunterstown took place about five miles northeast of Gettysburg. Gen. Wade Hampton’s cavalry brigade was sent to protect the Confederate left flank where they were met by Gen. George Custer’s cavalry. Custer was unhorsed in the ensuing melee, pinned by his horse, and saved by Norvell Churchill, an orderly. […]
Pennsylvania’s Historic County Courthouses: Fayette County Courthouse
The Fayette County Courthouse, in addition to it’s notable architecture, has other notable features such as the murals that adorn the first floor of the courthouse. The stained glass dome in courtroom one is a standout feature, as well as the skylights in the first floor corridor as well as the 4th floor. See those […]
Chris “Handles” Franklin, Guard for the Harlem Globetrotters
Chris “Handles” Franklin is a Guard for the Harlem Globetrotters, and grew up watching the cartoons in the 1970s. His first glimpse at basketball, he was hooked, and knew from the age of 6 that was what he wanted to do. He dribbled up and down his street, without a court, practicing and honing his […]
It’s History!: American Helicopter Museum
The American Helicopter Museum in West Chester, PA tells the story of rotary-wing aviation from autogiros to the V-22 Tilt-Rotor Osprey. Exhibits include a bubble-canopied Bell 47D-1 made popular by the TV show MASH, a twin-rotor CH-46 Sea Knight, Cobra attack helicopters, a Sikorsky HH-3 Sea King, and more. Join It’s History! as museum guides […]
PA Press Club with Scott Wagner, Republican for Governor
PA Press Club with Scott Wagner, Republican for Governor Watch more PA Politics and Policy on cable and the PCN Select Streaming Service.
Battlefield Pennsylvania: The Pennamite-Yankee Wars
The Pennamite-Yankee Wars were a series of three conflicts between settlers from the colonies of Pennsylvania and Connecticut. Settlers from both states had been granted title to lands in what is now northeastern Pennsylvania. The dispute over which state governed the area led to the construction of competing forts. Tensions flared up on three separate […]
It’s History!: Heinz History Center
This week on It’s History! we tour the largest history museum in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the Senator John Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh. The museum features a range of exhibits on Western Pennsylvania history including some notable figures such as Mr. Rogers and H.J. Heinz and the world renowned company he built. We will […]
PA Books: “Calder: The Conquest of Time”
Alexander Calder is one of the most beloved and widely admired artists of the twentieth century. Anybody who has ever set foot in a museum knows him as the inventor of the mobile, America’s unique contribution to modern art. But only now, forty years after the artist’s death, is the full story of his life […]
Keystone Cuisine: The Historic Fairfield Inn in Fairfield
Explore The Historic Fairfield Inn one of American’s oldest inns which is now a bed & breakfast, restaurant, and dinner theater.
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 345
- 346
- 347
- 348
- 349
- …
- 430
- Next Page »