Pennsylvania state quick facts

Nickname | Keystone State |
Capital | Harrisburg |
Largest city | Philadelphia |
Population | 12.8M (Rank:5) |
Governor | Tom Wolf (D) |
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Houdini Museum in Scranton, Pennsylvania is the only museum in the world devoted to the legendary magician, Houdini
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The First stock exchange in the United States was founded in Philadelphia in 1790
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The First United States Mint was founded in Philadelphia in 1792
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First theater in United States, the Walnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was opened in 1809
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Modern oil industry began in Titusville, Pennsylvania when the first successful oil well was dug there on August 27, 1859
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Mount Clare, Pennsylvania is the birthplace of American railroading, as the site of the first regular railroad passenger service in the United States, beginning on May 22, 1830
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Mount Clare, Pennsylvania received the first telegraph message, "What hath God wrought?" sent on May 24, 1844, from Washington, D.C., using Samuel F. B. Morse's invention
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A keystone is a crucial thing on which other interrelated things depend. Pennsylvania played a vital role in bringing the colonies together to form a union and holding together the states of the newly formed Union. That's why Pennsylvania called the keystone state.
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