Pennsylvania was settled in 1643. It is a state full of rolling hills, lush forests and millions of acres of farmland. Home to the major metropolitan cities of Pittsburgh and Philadelphia as well as the state capital of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania still has many counties which are decidedly rural and pristine, including two areas, Forest County, and Perry County, that do not have traffic lights.
Several of our country's most important documents were written in Pennsylvania including the Constitution of the United States, the American Declaration of Independence and Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. Pennsylvania leads the nation in rural population, the number of licensed hunters, State Game Lands, covered bridges, meatpacking plants, mushroom production, potato chip production, pretzel bakeries, and sausage/scrapple production.
But How much do you know about the state of Pennsylvania?
Can you answers these questions:
√How did Pennsylvania get its name?
√Why is it known as the "Keystone State"?
√Do you know how Hersheypark got started?
√Do you know which best-selling musician had her first concert at a fair in Pennsylvania?
√Which famous board game was invented by a Pennsylvanian using stolen ideas from other board games?
√Which famous fast food item started out in PA?
Find the answers in this Ultimate Book About Pennsylvania with crazy history and amazing random facts!
