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23 unusual facts about Harrisburg


2009 American Indoor Football Association season

Prior to the regular season, the league held an exhibition game in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania called the AIFA Kickoff Classic.

Adam Leroy Lane

His first known victim was Darlene Ewalt, who lived near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Aletha Maybank

Dr. Karen Aletha Maybank (Born April 24, 1974 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) is an American physician, with family roots in Antigua.

Allen Ranch

He arrived at the young town of Harrisburg (modern east Houston) and soon after married into the Thomas family which had come to Texas as part of Stephen F. Austin's original colony.

Bookstore tourism

The project was initiated in 2003 by Larry Portzline, a writer and college instructor in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania who led "bookstore road trips" to other cities and recognized its potential as a group travel niche and marketing tool.

Cary Burkett

Following his departure from comics, Burkett relocated to Pennsylvania and became a radio broadcaster for WITF-FM in Harrisburg.

Charles Panati

As a radiation health physicist, Panati was deeply concerned about the accident at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in March 1979.

Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives

The Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives is an independent, non-profit research and educational institute based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Edward M. Beers

He was a delegate to the Republican State Convention at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in 1898.

Erie Maritime Museum

Another powerful display is the adjoining section of the Lawrence replica that has been blasted with live ammunition from the current Niagara's own carronades at the National Guard training facility in Fort Indiantown Gap, near Harrisburg.

Euroblock

It is also known as the Phoenix connector from one of the manufacturers, Phoenix Contact, a German company whose US operations were established in 1981 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; though there are many manufacturers who make compatible products.

Frederick Christian Schaeffer

In the same year he became pastor of the Lutheran congregation at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, where he remained three years.

Frederick William Lord

Lord was a delegate to the Whig National Convention at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in 1840, and moved to Greenport in 1846 and engaged in agricultural pursuits and the cultivation of fruit and ornamental trees.

Harrisburg, Houston

In 1851, the Buffalo Bayou, Brazos, and Colorado Railway (B.B.B. & C.) began construction of its line between Harrisburg and Alleyton, Texas.

Harrisburg, Portsmouth, Mountjoy and Lancaster Railroad

--R.D. Carson of Lancaster was the Railroad’s first President.-->Simon Cameron of Middletown, and later Secretary of War under President Abraham Lincoln, and James Buchanan, of Lancaster were among the group of founders.

Hyleas Fountain

Fountain attended Central Dauphin East High School in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania where she was under the coaching of Al Moten, and continued her career at Barton Community College (Kansas) under Coach Jack Bowman and then going to the University of Georgia under coach Wayne Norton.

Isaac Hoffer Doutrich

He worked in the retail clothing business in Middletown and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Jacob Frydman

In a bid that would rescue the city of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania out of its bankruptcy, Mr. Frydman has offered to lease the city owned parking and other infranstructure assets from them.

Johnny Strike

Johnny Strike (born Gary John Bassett, June 6, 1948, in Bryn Mawr, PA and raised in Harrisburg, PA) is an American writer, mostly known as songwriter, guitarist and singer for the proto-punk band Crime based in San Francisco.

Lauri Lebo

Lauri Lebo (born March 18, 1964) is an author, radio station owner and reporter from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Roy Wells

Roy J. Wells is a prominent lobbyist in Pennsylvania, working as President and Managing Director of Triad Strategies, a Harrisburg, Pennsylvania-based lobbying firm.

Stephen H. Weed

He remained at Camp Curtin in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, training his crews until the spring of 1862, when they served in the Peninsula Campaign and at Second Bull Run.

Vincenzo Alfano

He emigrated to America in 1898, and in 1902 he was commissioned to sculpt the monumental sculptural groups for the entryways inside the main vestibule of the Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg.


2013–14 Harrisburg Heat season

The team, owned by Harrisburg Heat Sports Group, LLC, is led by general manager David Grimaldi, head coach Richard Chinapoo, and assistant coach Gino DiFlorio.

Albert J. Neri

In 2001, Neri and political operative John Verbanac founded NeriVerbanac Public Affairs, a Harrisburg-based political and media consulting organization.

Allentown Railroad

From Reading, traffic could either pass north to Auburn and thence over the Schuylkill and Susquehanna, or west over the Lebanon Valley Railroad to Harrisburg.

Broadway Limited

When Amtrak began operations on May 1, 1971, the Broadway Limited continued to use the all-PRR route, with a split at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania for trains to Washington, DC via Perryville, Maryland along the former Harrisburg, Portsmouth, Mount Joy and Lancaster Railroad, Columbia and Port Deposit Railway and Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad until November 30, 1975.

Computer Chronicles

The series was created in the Fall of 1981, by Stewart Cheifet (later co-host), then the station manager of the College of San Mateo's KCSM-TV (which co-produced the show with Harrisburg, PA's WITF-TV), initially broadcast as a local weekly series.

Diocese of Central Pennsylvania

The current Episcopal Diocese of Central Pennsylvania, which was originally created as the Diocese of Harrisburg when that diocese split from the first Diocese of Central Pennsylvania in 1905 and adopted its current name in the 1970s.

ESPN Radio 1600

WPDC, a radio station serving the Harrisburg, PA market

George F. McFarland

Countered in a rough recruiting race by cavalryman John K. Robison, McFarland gathered from the county just over 30 men, which he transported to Camp Curtin in Harrisburg.

Hanover Junction, Pennsylvania

Following the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg, Hanover Junction was a major route for the transport of wounded soldiers from Gettysburg to hospitals in Baltimore, Harrisburg, York, and other Northern towns.

Harris Tower

Harris Switch Tower, an interlocking tower in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Harrisburg in film and television

Frasier (TV series) When Frasier is watching an episode of Antiques Roadshow, the announcer comes over the air and says "Here's a shot of the city of Harrisburg".

Helen Twelvetrees

On February 13, 1958, Twelvetrees was found unconscious on the floor of her living room at her home in Middletown, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Harrisburg.

Henry Picard

Other professional positions include CC of Harrisburg, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Canterbury Golf Club, Cleveland, Ohio; and Seminole Golf Club, Palm Beach, Florida.

Interstate League

This circuit, which began as Class C and was upgraded to Class B in 1940, typically had teams in Allentown, Harrisburg, Lancaster and Sunbury, all in Pennsylvania; Hagerstown, Maryland; Trenton, New Jersey; and Wilmington, Delaware.

Jacob S. Haldeman

In May 1861 Jacob Haldeman left his home in Harrisburg and traveled to Stockholm with his family.

Jason Webb

Webb moved from Charlotte, N.C. to Harrisburg, Pa. in 2002 to start a Soccer Shots business; the first was based in Charlotte by Webb’s college and professional soccer teammate, Jeremy Sorzano.

Jeanette Mott Oxford

She received an Associate of Arts degree from Southeastern Illinois College in Harrisburg, Illinois in 1974 and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale in 1986.

Job Cohen

In 2006 the World Mayor organization determined Cohen to be runner-up in the award for World Mayor of 2006, behind Melbourne mayor John So, and ahead of Harrisburg mayor Stephen R. Reed.

Joseph Hendrie

On March 28, 1979, the Three Mile Island nuclear plant, along the Susquehanna River located south of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, suffered a partial meltdown.

Kesho Y. Scott

After receiving her doctoral degree she became Distinguished American Studies Scholar in Residence at Pennaylvania State University in Harrisburg (1989), visiting professor at Nanjing University in China (1994), and Fulbright visiting professor at Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia (2001–2002).

Lewisberry, Pennsylvania

While living in Harrisburg, Lewis also published the popular poem, "St. Clair's Defeat," which described the defeat of Arthur St. Clair by the tribes of the Western Confederacy during the Battle of the Wabash.

Linda Thompson

Linda D. Thompson (born c. 1961), former mayor of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Mid-Atlantic United States flood of 2006

In Harrisburg, a festival's start in the city was pushed back and cut down, due to the potential for the flood, and the Harrisburg Senators were forced to play 2 "home games" in Bowie, Maryland, due to flooding in Commerce Bank Park.

Middletown, Pennsylvania

Middletown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania of the Harrisburg metropolitan area, zip code 17057

New Cumberland Defense Depot

It is adjacent to the Capital City Airport and a short distance east of the Harrisburg West Shore interchange of the Pennsylvania Turnpike (Interstate 76, which forms the southern boundary of the base) with Interstate 83.

Paoli/Thorndale Line

The line was originally part of Pennsylvania's "Main Line of Public Works", a series of canals and railroads to connect Philadelphia with Harrisburg, Pittsburgh, and points west.

Pennsylvania Auto Show

The show is operated by Motor Trend and is sponsored annually by the Harrisburg Automotive Trade Association and The Patriot-News, the region's largest daily newspaper.

Pennsylvania Route 39

The route passes through the northern and eastern suburbs of Harrisburg and passes by Hersheypark and Giant Center, as well as the primary production factory for The Hershey Company.

President of the Republic of Texas

Washington-on-the-Brazos was Texas' first capital in 1836 (provisional), followed quickly by Harrisburg 1836 (provisional), Galveston 1836 (provisional), Velasco 1836 (provisional), Columbia 1836-37, Houston, 1837–39, and finally Austin, the modern capital, 1839-46.

Robert W. Hunt

Once the American Civil War began in 1861, he joined the Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, where he rose in rank from Private to Captain and was placed in charge of Camp Curtin in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania during the fall of 1862.

Steve Reed

Stephen R. Reed (born 1949), American politician, mayor of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

William Milnor Roberts

He was in charge of construction of a two-level lattice-truss bridge across the Susquehanna River at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

William Scranton III

As Lieutenant Governor, Scranton hired Nat Goldhaber, a member of the Transcendental Meditation movement, as his top aide in Harrisburg.

WITF

WITF-FM, a radio station (89.5 FM) licensed to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States

WITF-TV

WITF-TV maintains studio facilities located at the WITF Public Media Center in Swatara Township (though with a Harrisburg address), and its transmitter (which is shared with CBS affiliate WHP-TV, channel 21) is located in Susquehanna Township.

WPPZ-FM

The station has always been short-spaced due to adjacent channel interference from WMGM in Atlantic City, WXCY in Havre de Grace, Maryland, and WNNJ in Newton, New Jersey (all located on 103.7 FM), WAEB-FM in Allentown and WNNK in Harrisburg (both located on 104.1 FM), as well as WRFF (104.5 FM), and co-channel interference from WRCN on Long Island and WFAS-FM in Bronxville, New York.

WSIL

WSIL-TV, a television station based in Harrisburg, Illinois.