State of PA Homepage Governor Ed Rendell (D)Lieutenant Governor Joe Scarnati (R)U.S. SenatorsArlen Specter (D)Robert P. Casey Jr. (D)Attorney General Tom Corbett (R)PA General AssemblyPA Senate Republican NewsPA Republican PartyIf anyone notices this info change before I do, please message me so I can update it. Thank you. -BillKind of interesting, but mostly useless, PA facts:Nickname: Keystone State - During colonial times Pennsylvania was the middle colony of the original 13 colonies. It held the colonies together like the "keystone" in a window or door arch.
Background: Pennsylvania was settled in 1643. Philadelphia was our state capital during the Revolutionary War and York was the first capital of the United States.
State name’s meaning: Penn’s Woods (after Admiral William Penn's father)
Motto: Virtue, Liberty and Independence
Several important documents were written in Pennsylvania:The Constitution of the United States
The American Declaration of Independence
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
Flower: Mountain Laurel
Tree: Hemlock
Bird: Ruffed Grouse
Animal: Whitetail Deer
Insect: Firefly
Dog: Great Dane
Beverage: Milk
Fish: Brook Trout
Fossil: Phacops Rana
Ship: United States Brig Niagara
Highest point: Mt. Davis, Somerset County 3,213 feet.
Largest County: Lycoming County with its county seat of Williamsport (the Home of Little League Baseball) is larger than the State of Rhode Island.
Counties with NO traffic lights: Forest County and Perry County
Population: 12,009,000
Christmas Tree Capital of the World: Indiana County
Lakes: 50 natural (over 20 acres wide) and 2,500 man-made
Pennsylvania Firsts:Hospital, Library, Zoo, Newspaper, Nation's Capitol, all motion-picture theater, television broadcast, radio broadcast, educational public-television station, paper mill, druggist, locomotive for railroad use, high-speed multi-lane highway - the Pennsylvania Turnpike, Banana Split, electronic computer built, commercial use of computer, cable television, educational public television station, government low-interest/long term business financing program
PA is First Among US in:Rural Population, number of licensed hunters, State Game Lands, covered bridges, potato chip production, pretzel bakeries, licensed bakeries, meat packing plants, mushroom production, sausage production, scrapple production
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