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Paxtang Parkway
The Paxtang Parkway is a 1.2 mile section of scenic walking paths within the Capital Area Greenbelt in Paxtang, Pennsylvania. Along with Harrisburg's Cameron Parkway, they were the first sections created of the Greenbelt. It includes a series of scenic routes following Spring Creek, connecting Cameron Street to Walnut Street. Cameron Parkway served as a straight shot between Cameron and Derry Streets and then Derry Street to Market Street. The Parkway then led through Reservoir Park and eventually up to Herr Street and then Elmerton Avenue, completing a beltway through Harrisburg. History Following the birth of the City Beautiful Movement around 1900, landscape architect Warren Manning envisioned a loop of natural garden pathways around Harrisburg. By 1906, the Paxtang and Cameron Parkways were the two initially built. The historic Rutherford Spring House built over a spring along Spring Creek between 1740-1755 exists along the trail across from Paxtang Park Paxtang Park is a h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paxtang, Pennsylvania
Paxtang is a borough in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 1,640. The borough is a suburb of Harrisburg and is one of the earliest colonial settlements in South Central Pennsylvania. History Paxtang dates to the 18th century when Euro-Americans settled at the site of the Shawnee-Lenape village of Peshtank. The Lenape called the village ''Peshtank'' meaning "where the waters stand" which in English became Paxtang or Paxton. Several important trails and routes developed in the area as the Susquehanna River was easily forded here, making Paxtang an ideal location for the movement of people and trade goods across the river. In 1700, William Penn, founder of the Province of Pennsylvania, obtained from the Susquehannock a deed for their lands in the Susquehanna Valley. This was confirmed by treaty in 1701. In October 1714, French fur trader Peter Bisaillon was granted 250 acres of land "at Peshtang or any other Indian Town or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paxtang Park
Paxtang Park is a hiking and mountain biking park in East Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and Paxtang, Pennsylvania. It is a part of the Capital Area Greenbelt. It was formerly a trolley park. It existed as a trolley park from 1823 to 1929, and reopened as a hiking park in 2020. The trolley park contained two roller coasters, Coaster Flyer and Jack Rabbit. History "Old" Paxtang Park - 1893-1922 Paxtang Park was leased to the East Harrisburg Street Electric Railway Company from the Rutherford Estate on July 19, 1893, initially for a ten-year term. Plans included constructing a fence surrounding the property (though the park would retain its free entry policy), a pavilion with a capacity of several hundred people, benches, and a "gravity railroad" (scenic railway). The only one of these planned additions which was not constructed was the gravity railroad. It wasn't until 1905 that the park added its first roller coaster, Coaster Flyer. This was a figure 8 roller coaster, and it operated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capital Area Greenbelt
The Capital Area Greenbelt is a looping trail located in the area of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. This 20-mile loop around Pennsylvania's capital city provides visitors and tourists with opportunities to hike, ride bicycles, skate, jog, fish, walk their dogs, spot rare birds, learn about history, enjoy native flora and fauna, and appreciate nature. While parts of the trail are shared with roads, most of the loop is a dedicated path. The Trail, as it is commonly referred to by locals, passes along the Susquehanna River through Reservoir Park, Riverfront Park, Five Senses Garden, and Wildwood Park and Nature Center. In addition to parks, the Capital Area Greenbelt passes alongside attractions including the grave site of John Harris Sr. (the namesake of the city of Harrisburg), the Governor's Mansion, Fort Hunter, Harrisburg State Hospital, and the National Civil War Museum. Historical development Historical significance In the early 1900s, many thought Harrisburg to be an u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Harrisburg ( ; ) is the capital city of the U.S. commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the seat of Dauphin County. With a population of 50,099 as of 2020, Harrisburg is the ninth-most populous city in Pennsylvania. It is the larger of the two principal cities of the Harrisburg–Carlisle metropolitan statistical area, also known as the Susquehanna Valley, which had a population of 591,712 in 2020 and is the fourth-most populous metro area in Pennsylvania. Harrisburg is situated on the east bank of the Susquehanna River, southwest of Allentown and northwest of Philadelphia. Harrisburg played a role in American history during the Westward Migration, the American Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution. During part of the 19th century, the building of the Pennsylvania Canal and later the Pennsylvania Railroad allowed Harrisburg to develop into one of the most industrialized cities in the Northeastern United States. In the mid- to late 20th century, the city's economic fort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spring Creek (Susquehanna River Tributary)
Spring Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed August 8, 2011 tributary of the Susquehanna River in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. Spring Creek rises in Lower Paxton Township, flowing through adjacent areas such as Paxtang, Oakleigh, Progress, Lawnton, and Colonial Park. The stream flows in a westerly direction, eventually joining the Susquehanna River in southern Harrisburg. The tributary Slotznick Run enters Spring Creek at Progress. Spring Creek parallels the 2-mile stretch of the Cameron Parkway section of the Capital Area Greenbelt in South Harrisburg and the Paxtang Parkway in Paxtang. Spring Creek joins the Susquehanna at Harrisburg, just near the confluence of the Paxton Creek. The historical Rutherford Springhouse was built over a Paxtang portion of the creek in the 1740s to store perishable foods. Paxtang Park is located along the creek's banks. Tributaries *Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pennsylvania Route 230
Pennsylvania Route 230 (PA 230) is a long state route in central Pennsylvania. Its western terminus is at an intersection with U.S. Route 22 in Pennsylvania, U.S. Route 22 (US 22) in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Harrisburg. Its eastern terminus is at an interchange with Pennsylvania Route 283, PA 283 near Salunga, Pennsylvania, Salunga. The route passes northwest-southeast through Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, Dauphin and Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Lancaster counties and serves as a surface road parallel to the PA 283 freeway that connects the cities of Harrisburg and Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Lancaster. Along the way, PA 230 passes through Middletown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, Middletown, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, Elizabethtown, and Mount Joy, Pennsylvania, Mount Joy. The route intersects the Airport Connector (Harrisburg), Airport Connector near the Harrisburg International Airport, Pennsylvania Route 441, PA 441 and Pennsylvania Route 341, PA 341 in the Middletown area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reservoir Park (Harrisburg)
Reservoir Park is the oldest and largest municipal public park in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and occupies approximately in the Allison Hill (Harrisburg), Allison Hill List of Harrisburg neighborhoods, neighborhood of the city. Reservoir Park is also home to the National Civil War Museum and provides the setting for many of Harrisburg's most popular outdoor festivals and performances. The park is part of the Capital Area Greenbelt, a greenway (landscape), greenway surrounding portions of the city. History The original portion of the park dates to 1845. In 1872, a reservoir for the City of Harrisburg was built in an undeveloped area outside the city limits, then called Prospect Hill (now Allison Hill). City leaders recognized the spot as a wonderful vantage point to view the Pennsylvania State Capitol, State Capitol, the Susquehanna River valley and the Blue Mountain (Pennsylvania), Blue Mountains and, in 1890, officially established the area around the r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Beautiful Movement
The City Beautiful movement was a reform philosophy of North American architecture and urban planning that flourished during the 1890s and 1900s with the intent of introducing beautification and monumental grandeur in cities. It was a part of the progressive social reform movement in North America under the leadership of the upper-middle class, which was concerned with poor living conditions in all major cities. The movement, which was originally associated mainly with Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Kansas City and Washington, D.C., promoted beauty not only for its own sake, but also to create moral and civic virtue among urban populations. Advocates of the philosophy believed that such beautification could promote a harmonious social order that would increase the quality of life, while critics would complain that the movement was overly concerned with aesthetics at the expense of social reform; Jane Jacobs referred to the movement as an "architectural design cult." History Orig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warren Manning
Warren Henry Manning (November 7, 1860–February 5, 1938) was an American landscape designer and promoter of the informal and naturalistic "wild garden" approach to garden design. In his designs, Manning emphasized pre-existing flora through a process of selective pruning to create a "spatial structure and character." (Karson, 1997) An advocate for the conservation of the American landscape, Manning was a key figure in the formation of the American Society of Landscape Architects and a proponent of the National Park System. History Warren H. Manning was born in Reading, Massachusetts, to Jacob Warren Manning, who owned and operated a nursery. It was here that Manning developed an extensive knowledge of plant materials. Jacob Manning nourished his son's interest in horticulture by including him on botanical expeditions and visits to other nurseries including the Downing nursery, owned by Charles Downing, brother of Andrew Jackson Downing (Karson, 2000). Manning also credited ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
