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to the right is just one the photos of how beautiful
most parts of pennsylvania is.
(picture is part of blue spruce park) in Indiana pa.
I was born and raised in pennsylvania,
(in a small town of Ford City) i was born on
September 4th,
spent most of my life in the western part.
i now live in Indiana county.
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| State Flower |
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| Mountain Laurel |
In mid-June, every sunny mountainside in Pennsylvania is a still-life in pink pastels — a sight which delighted
members of the Pennsylvania House and Senate as well as the wife of Pennsylvania governor Gifford Pinchot. Together, they
prevailed over Pinchot's preference for the azalea to name the Mountain Laurel as the official state flower.
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| Ruffed Grouse |
Settlers relied on this plump, red-brown bird with the feathery legs as part of their food supply. Sometimes called a
partridge, the Ruffed Grouse is still a familiar sight in Pennsylvania's forests.
| State Flag |
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| In 1799, the general assembly authorized the official Pennsylvania State Flag |
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The recorded history of Indiana County begins around 1727, when James LeTort, a French Huguenot trader, set up a trading
post for the Indians near what is now the town of Shelocta, in the western part of the county. Various other traders and Indian
fighters traveled through the county in the 1700's, including the famous frontiersmen, Conrad Weiser, Peter Shaver, William
Franklin, son of Benjamin Franklin, and John Harris, Sr., who established Harris's Ferry on the present site of Harrisburg.
Other state symbols include :
State tree - Hemlock
State animal - The white tail deer
State dog - Great Dane
State fish - Brook trout
State insect - Firefly
State beverage - milk
State beautification plant - Crownvetch
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