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Milton is a borough in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States, on the West Branch Susquehanna River, 50 miles (80 km) north of Harrisburg, located in Central Pennsylvania's Susquehanna River Valley. It is approximately 10 miles upriver from the mouth of the West Branch Susquehanna River and about 30 miles downriver of Williamsport.
86001933 [1] Added to NRHP. July 24, 1986. The Milton Historic District is a national historic district that is located in Milton, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. [1]
The Milton Section was built between 1829 and 1830, as part of the West Branch Division of the Pennsylvania Canal. It encompasses twenty contributing structures and two contributing sites, and consists of the Limestone Run Aqueduct, canal bed, and towpath. The aqueduct consists of a single span built of stone and wood, 20-foot-long (6.1 m) and ...
The newspaper was founded by William Penn Hastings on Jan. 23, 1890. [3] In 1997, Hollinger Inc. sold the paper to Liberty Group Publishing. [4] In June 2005, Fortress Investment Group bought Liberty and changed its name to GateHouse Media. [5]
Milton State Park. Milton State Park is an 82 acres (33 ha) Pennsylvania state park in Milton in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The park is on Montgomery Island in the West Branch Susquehanna River, just east of the village of West Milton in Union County. Milton State Park is on Pennsylvania Route 642 .
Reading Company. Technical. Track gauge. 4 ft 8 + 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge. Length. 98.5 miles (158.5 km) The Catawissa Railroad was a railroad that operated in Pennsylvania between 1860 and 1953. For most of its lifespan it was leased by the Reading Company, and was subsequently merged into the Reading.
Limestone Run is a tributary of the West Branch Susquehanna River, in Montour County and Northumberland County, in Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is 8.8 miles (14.2 km) long and flows through Limestone Township in Montour County and Turbot Township and Milton in Northumberland County. [ 1][ 2] The watershed has an area of 11.6 square ...
Unable to have children of his own, Milton S. Hershey, founder of the Hershey Company, founded the Hershey Industrial School in 1909 for white orphaned boys. [50] In 1918, three years after the death of his wife, Milton Hershey donated around $90 million to the boarding school in trust, as well as 40% of the Hershey Company's common stock. [51]