Portal:Pennsylvania/Did you know/35
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- ... that 407 species of birds have been recorded in Pennsylvania (Ruffed Grouse, the state bird, pictured), including four that are extirpated and two that are extinct?
- ... that, according to legend, a wooded area in Hellam Township, York County, is home to seven gates that lead directly to hell?
- ... that in the mid-1940s Temple Beth Israel of Sharon, Pennsylvania, held Reform services on Friday nights and Orthodox ones on Saturday mornings?
- ... that General Lee and the Confederate Army retreated over the Sachs Covered Bridge after being defeated in the Battle of Gettysburg?
- ... that the Inclined Plane Bridge spans Stonycreek River, connecting the Johnstown Inclined Plane to the city of Johnstown?