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- Bedford County History - Message boards, surnames, genealogical resources, and information.
www.rootsweb.com/~pabedfor/bedford.html
- Biographical Dictionary of Pennsylvania Legislators - Historical essays covering the colonial, Revolutionary War, and early national periods.
www.bdopl.com
- Centennial Exposition - Contemporary texts and photographs document the World's Fair held in Philadelphia in 1876.
www.boondocksnet.com/expos/centennial.html
- Derry Area Historical Society - Providing a research center to preserve as the history and heritage of the Derry Area. Meeting schedules, histories, photos and contact details.
www.derryhistory.org
- Free Library of Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition Digital Collection - Interactive digital exhibit of photographs, maps, and other materials from the library's collection, including resources for teachers and children.
libwww.library.phila.gov/CenCol/index.htm
- Ghost Company Town of Peale - This site contains historic articles and pictures of the ghost coal town of Peale, Pennsylvania.
www.owu.edu/~jbkrygie/krygier_html/peale/peale.html
- History of North Central Pennsylvania - This site contains contains many pages of historic pictures and information on North Central Pennsylvania towns and villages.
www.ncpenn.com
- Indian Paths And Migration Trails - Includes map and facts.
www.mcn.org/2/noel/Westmoreland/MigrationTrails.htm
- Oil Creek State Park Trail - A guidebook to easy traffic-free bicycling and walking trails. Features excerpts from FreeWheeling Easy in Western Pennsylvania.
www.cs.cmu.edu/~shaw/FWEparts/OilCrk.htm
- Oil Production in Clarion County, PA - Discovery and early production of oil.
www.public.usit.net/mcnamara/clarion/oil.htm
- Pennsylvania Department Homepage - Local history of Pittsburgh, genealogy, facts about Andrew Carnegie, and photographs of the area.
alphaclp.clpgh.org/CLP/Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania Dutch Family History - Dedicated to the culture, history, and genealogy of those people from German speaking countries before 1800.
homepages.rootsweb.com/~padutch
- Pennsylvania Facts Sheet - Categories include fun facts, georgaphy, government, things that first happened in Pennsylvania, agriculture, weather and items that Pennsylvania leads the nation in.
pavisnet.com/pafact
- Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission - List of state historic sites and museums. Includes news, programs and information on historical markers.
www.phmc.state.pa.us
- Pennsylvania History - A summary, from Colony to the year 1997.
www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/VC/visitor_info/pa_history/pa_history.htm
- Pittsburgh Regional History Center - A museum and research facility. History and heritage of the Western Pennsylvania region.
www.pghhistory.org
- Preservation Pennsylvania - Assists communities in protecting and utilizing historic resources.
www.preservationpa.org
- Stones of Faith - A collection of early Pennsylvania German gravestones including information on the people who erected them, and an examination of the gravestone symbols they used from the 1740s to the 1890s.
www.pagstones.com
- Youngwood Railroad History - Background information of the Youngwood Railroad.
www.freeyellow.com/members6/vprrmuseum/PRRhistoryYWD.html
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