Northeast — Site filing

Sites with a file in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania carries 20 dossiers under this filing — places the record keeps even where the classification stays broad. The documented past sits on one side of each file, the reported present on the other. Claims are logged as claims; the archive does not certify the ground.

20 dossiers0 counties covered100% open to visitorsWashington Crossing — deepest file

Also filed under site:Hawaii44 Michigan39 Arizona39 Wyoming30 Illinois30 Oregon22 West Virginia20 Washington18

Other Pennsylvania filings:Historic sites35 Ghost towns17 Battlefields5 Houses5 Hotels4 Hospitals4 Inns3 Naturals3

Washington Crossing

Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania

Christmas night 1776—the Delaware crossing that saved the Revolution.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Fort Necessity

Farmington, Pennsylvania

July 3, 1754—Washington’s only surrender, in the Great Meadows.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Hanna’s Town

Greensburg, Pennsylvania

The first county seat west of the Alleghenies—burned 1782.

2 claims · 2 legends→

SS United States

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The 1952 liner—the fastest ship ever, rusting at the pier.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Little Round Top

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

The hill that saved the Union—Chamberlain’s charge, July 2, 1863.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Valley Forge

Valley Forge, Pennsylvania

The winter that made an army—1777-78, and the ghosts that stayed.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Braddock’s Grave

Farmington, Pennsylvania

The general buried in the road—so the wagons would hide his grave.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Flight 93 National Memorial

Shanksville, Pennsylvania

September 11, 2001—the field where the passengers fought back.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Johnstown Flood site

Johnstown, Pennsylvania

May 31, 1889—the dam that killed 2,209.

2 claims · 1 legend→

South Fork Dam ruins

St. Michael, Pennsylvania

The dam the club let rot—the break that drowned Johnstown.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Gobbler’s Knob

Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania

The stump where Phil sees his shadow—Groundhog Day’s ground zero.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Three Mile Island

Middletown, Pennsylvania

March 28, 1979—the partial meltdown that stopped a reactor.

Hopewell Furnace

Elverson, Pennsylvania

The iron plantation that ran for a century—the furnace’s memory.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Jumonville Glen

Farmington, Pennsylvania

May 28, 1754—the ambush that started a world war.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Fort Ligonier

Ligonier, Pennsylvania

The 1758 fort that held the Forbes Road—the war’s western hinge.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Horseshoe Curve

Altoona, Pennsylvania

The 1854 curve that climbed the Alleghenies—and saw the wrecks.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Seven Gates of Hell (Toad Road)

York, Pennsylvania

The York woods legend—seven gates, an asylum fire and a road that isn’t there.

Quecreek Mine

Somerset, Pennsylvania

July 2002—nine miners, 240 feet down, all alive.

Kinzua Bridge

Mount Jewett, Pennsylvania

The skywalk that was the world’s highest—until the 2003 tornado.

Drake Well

Titusville, Pennsylvania

1859—the well that started the oil age.

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