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6 unusual facts about Susquehanna River


Ghost of Queen Esther

A military force of two-hundred men under the command of Colonel Thomas Hartley was created and started up the Susquehanna River to Tioga Point, finally reaching the hilly area of Queen Esther.

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.

Mary Evans

When Coleridge made plans with friend and future brother-in-law, Robert Southey, to emigrate to the "banks of the Susquahanna," Evans wrote Coleridge imploring him not to go.

River Songs

This 50 mile journey in each direction follows the Susquehanna River as it winds through rural central Pennsylvania towards the mini metropolis of the commonwealth’s capital city.

William Milnor Roberts

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

Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793

Havre de Grace, Maryland, for example, tried to prevent people from Philadelphia from crossing the Susquehanna River to Maryland.


East Side, Binghamton

The East Side can be defined as encompassing the area north of the Susquehanna River, east of the Brandywine Highway (NY-7), downtown and the North Side, west of the town of Kirkwood and south of the Quickway, (NY-17)/(I-81).

George Grimston Cookman

Following his marriage in the spring of 1827, he was appointed to the Lancaster, Pennsylvania, circuit (comprising Lancaster, Columbia and Reading), the Cookmans lived in Columbia, Pennsylvania, along the Susquehanna River, during this time.

Great Minquas Path

Great Minquas Path (or The Great Trail) was a 17th-century trade route that ran through southeastern Pennsylvania from the Susquehanna River, near Conestoga, to the Schuylkill River, opposite Philadelphia.

Ithaca and Owego Railroad

It connected the town of Ithaca, on the southern shore of Cayuga Lake with the town of Owego on the Susquehanna River to the south.

Johnson K. Duncan

Duncan was born and raised in rural Chanceford Township in southeastern York County, Pennsylvania, which borders the broad Susquehanna River.

Little Shamokin Creek

Little Shamokin Creek is a tributary of Shamokin Creek and a sub-tributary of the Susquehanna River in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, in the United States.

Maryland Route 136

MD 136 heads northwest out of Dublin, crossing Broad Creek and intersecting Robinson Mill Road, which follows the creek eastward, changing to a gated, closed, private dirt road within the Broad Creek Memorial Scout Reservation in the vicinity of the Broad Creek Soapstone Quarries.

Pennsylvania Route 487

PA 487 runs through dense forests before coming to a bridge that carries it over a Canadian Pacific railroad line and across the Susquehanna River as the East Bloomsburg Bridge, also known as Ferry Road.

Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad

Just after crossing the river, it traveled up the Belmont Plane, an inclined plane in the current location of West Fairmount Park, and continued west across the eastern part of the state to Columbia, where the Columbia Plane headed down to the Susquehanna River.

Susquehanna, Bloomsburg, and Berwick Railroad

When the Susquehanna, Bloomsburg, and Berwick Railroad was first built in 1887, it was intended to be used for the anthracite fields on the North Branch and West Branch Susquehanna River.

U.S. Route 522

US 522 passes through the Ridge and Valley Province of the Appalachian Mountains of central Pennsylvania, connecting Hancock, Maryland on the Potomac River with McConnellsburg, Mount Union, Lewistown, Middleburg, and Selinsgrove on the Susquehanna River.

Wertzville, Pennsylvania

The Simmons Creek flows south through the village to the Conodoguinet Creek, which flows generally east to the Susquehanna River.


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Bald Eagle Creek Path

The Bald Eagle Creek Path started at the Great Island (today in the modern city of Lock Haven), which is in the West Branch Susquehanna River at the mouth of Bald Eagle Creek.

Catawissa

Catawissa Creek, a tributary of the North Branch Susquehanna River

Cayuta

Cayuta Creek, a tributary of the North Branch of the Susquehanna River

Codorus

Codorus Creek and its branches, tributaries of the Susquehanna River in York County, Pennsylvania

Downtown Binghamton

Downtown Binghamton can be defined as encompassing the area north of the Susquehanna River, east of the Chenango River, west of Brandywine Avenue (NY-7) and south of the Norfolk Southern tracks.

Dublin, Maryland

The travel pattern of the county was from Bush River up to Churchville, into Dublin and to the Susquehanna River; there was no Route 1 until later years.

Lackawanna and Bloomsburg Railroad

The line followed the north shore of the Susquehanna River for the rest of its length, passing through Luzerne and Kingston, and crossing into Columbia County at Berwick.

Loyalsock

Loyalsock Creek, a tributary of the West Branch Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania

Mahantango

Mahantango Creek, a tributary of the Susquehanna River in Dauphin, Northumberland, and Schuylkill counties, in Pennsylvania

Marysville Bridge

On July 2, 1986 a replica of the Statue of Liberty was erected on one of its piers in the Dauphin Narrows of the Susquehanna River.

Mehoopany

Mehoopany Creek, a tributary of the North Branch Susquehanna River in Sullivan and Wyoming Counties

Millersburg, Pennsylvania

The Millersburg Ferry, the last surviving ferry which crosses the Susquehanna River, and the last wooden-stern wheel ferry operating within the United States, operates out of Millersburg, which sits on the east side of the river.

Moshannon

Moshannon Creek, a tributary of the West Branch Susquehanna River

Muddy Run

Muddy Run Pumped Storage Facility, a hydroelectric generation facility on the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania

Muncy Creek

It finally enters Muncy Creek Township, where it receives Little Muncy Creek near the village of Clarkstown, then reaches its confluence with the West Branch Susquehanna River just north of Muncy.

Nescopeck

Nescopeck Creek, a tributary of the Susquehanna River in Luzerne County

Rauchtown

Rauchtown Run, a tributary of the West Branch Susquehanna River

Starrucca

Starrucca Creek, a tributary of the North Branch Susquehanna River

Sullivan Expedition

In September 1778, revenge for the Wyoming defeat was taken by American Colonel Thomas Hartley who, with 200 soldiers, burned nine to twelve Seneca, Delaware and Mingo villages along the Susquehanna River in northeast Pennsylvania, including Tioga and Chemung.

West Nanticoke, Pennsylvania

Just east of West Nanticoke, Route 29 becomes the South Cross Valley Expressway, crossing the Susquehanna River and leading to Interstate 81 south of Wilkes-Barre.

Wysox

Wysox Creek, a tributary of the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania

Young Womans

Young Womans Creek, a tributary of the West Branch Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania