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The Pennsylvania Frontier: A New Exhibit at the State Library

by Compendium News Staff | Dec 8, 2015 | Library News, Resources of Interest

People living on the Pennsylvania frontier often felt isolated and fearful. Scotch-Irish and German settlers, excluded from the best farmlands near Philadelphia, worked hard to clear lands and establish new farms and towns west of the Susquehanna. Although some of...

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