Harrisburg
About Harrisburg
Harrisburg is the capital city of the U.S. commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is the ninth-most populous city in the state, with a population of 50,099 at the 2020 census, while the Harrisburg–Carlisle metropolitan statistical area has an estimated 615,000 residents and is the fourth-most populous metropolitan area in Pennsylvania. Harrisburg is situated on the east bank of the Susquehanna River 83 miles (134 km) southwest of Allentown and 107 miles (172 km) northwest of Philadelphia. It is officially incorporated as a third-class city and is the county seat of Dauphin County.
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It was originally called Harrisburg after Richard Harris. Juneau was French-Canadian so couldn't write English. Harris was just like, well, I'll just write down my name then.
from No Such Thing As A Guinea Pig Saloon, 2025-03-20 at 00:12:39 · read transcript
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I'm sure there are contemporary reports. I know for a fact that they were being sold close by in 1905. Oh, okay. I found some newspaper adverts, one in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, which is fairly close to La Trobe, about 100 miles away. They were selling them in 1906, which was a year before they were supposedly invented in Wilmington. There was a, yeah, some from 1904, 1905, 1906.
No Such Thing As An Acoustic Tram, 2022-12-16 · listen
Maybe I'm sure there are contemporary reports. I know for a fact that they were being sold close by in 1905. I found some newspaper adverts, one in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, which is fairly close to La Trobe, it was about 100 miles away. They were selling them in 1906, which was a year before they were supposedly invented in Wilmington. Some from 1904, 1905, 1906, you can see they start popping up in newspapers as being advertised.
457: No Such Thing As An Acoustic Tram, 2022-12-16 · listen
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