Stewartstown, Pennsylvania hired its first police officer in 1876. He was also the town lamp lighter.
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At the Moravian Pottery & Tile Works in Doylestown, Pennsylvania handmade tiles are still produced in a manner similar to that developed by the potter's founder and builder, Henry Chapman Mercer.
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Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania citizens are proud to be over shadowed by their town's most famous resident the world-renowned weather forecasting groundhog Punxsutawney Phil. Punxsutawney is billed as the weather capital of the world.