You may have ventured into the Poconos Mountains a time or two. And you may know a thing or two about the Keystone State from your travels or from the history books you read as a kid. So, you think you know Pennsylvannia? Here are a few informational tidbits that you may not have gleaned from your travels or your textbooks.
- A lot of people on the East Cost come to the Poconos to ski, but the first commercial ski area opened in Pennsylvania in the winter of 1946.
- Every year tourists can retrace the route of the old Pennsylvania Canal, but the fare for passengers in the 1830s was two cents per mile.
- Pennsylvania was the birthplace of world-famous golfer Arnold Palmer and renowned crooner Perry Como (who as a barber before becoming a singer).
- There are no traffic lights in the Pennsylvania counties of Forest or Perry.
- Move over Elon Musk! The nation’s first electric cars were introduced in Scranton, PA in 1886 as the core of the city’s streetcar system.
- Pennsylvania is called the Keystone State because it was the center of the original thirteen colonies and held them together like the “keystone” in a window or door arch. 1
Here’s something else you may not know about the Poconos: Building a custom home in the Poconos may be a lot more reasonable than you think. Not only can you escape to the serenity of life in the Poconos, but you can also do it in comfort—and style.
Take a look at some of the options you have to build the home of your dreams in a place that offers your peace, quiet, and a whole lot of things to do!
So, you think you know Pennsylvania? Think again!
1 Information adapted from http://www.pavacation.net/trivia.htm