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Allegheny Plateau

(Encyclopedia) Allegheny Plateau, dissected plateau, western part of the Appalachian Mts., extending c.500 mi (800 km) SW from N Pa. to SW Va., rising to c.4,860 ft (1,480 m) at Spruce Knob, the…

Greensburg

(Encyclopedia) Greensburg. 1 City (2020 pop. 14,976), seat of Westmoreland co., SW Pa.; settled c.1770, inc. as a city 1928. Located in a coal area,…

David BARD, Congress, PA (1744-1815)

BARD David , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born at ``Carroll's Delight,'' Adams County, Pa., in 1744; was graduated from Princeton College, New Jersey, in 1773; studied theology and was…

Kentucky

Kentucky State Information Official Name: The Commonwealth of Kentucky Capital: Frankfort Organized as a territory: January 1, 1777 Entered Union: June 1, 1792 (15th State) Present constitution…