Portal:Pennsylvania/Did you know/13
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- ... that the Pine Creek Rail Trail (pictured), a 65-mile (105 km) rail trail along Pine Creek in Pennsylvania, was named one of "10 great places to take a bike tour" in the world by USA Today?
- ... that the Cohocksink Creek was once the boundary between two Pennsylvania towns and now runs beneath the streets of the Philadelphia neighborhood of Northern Liberties?
- ... that in 2002 the Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad bought 411⁄2 miles (66.8 km) of track between Meadville and Corry, Pennsylvania for $1?
- ... that when the first portion of the Lackawanna and Bloomsburg Railroad opened in 1856, it led to the incorporation of Kingston, Pennsylvania, and to the establishment of Kingston's first public transit line?
- ... that Laporte, one of thirteen municipalities in Sullivan County, is Pennsylvania's smallest county seat by population?