In 2007, the Pennsylvania Game Commission said that photos the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization claimed showed a juvenile Bigfoot were most likely of a bear with mange.

The Wedge of land between the northwest part of the arc and the Maryland border was claimed by both Delaware and Pennsylvania until 1921, when Delaware's claim was confirmed.

The notable exception to this was when land claims by the Connecticut-based owners of the Susquehanna Company, who had been granted titles to land claimed by Connecticut in the Wyoming Valley, in an area that is now Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.

The area was also claimed by Pennsylvania, which refused to recognized the Connecticut titles.

In 1753, the French began expanding their military control into the " Ohio Country ", a territory also claimed by the British colonies of Virginia and Pennsylvania.

Exploration of the territory and trade with the Indians in the region near the Forks by British colonials from Pennsylvania and Virginia-both of which claimed the territory-led to conflict with the French.

Similarly, the " Who Controls Our Children " campaign in Pennsylvania claimed that an OBE reform effort was part of a federal program that was " stressing values over academic content, and holding students accountable for goals that are so vague and fuzzy they can't be assessed at all.

The Swedes claimed the section of land purchased included the land on the west side of the South River from just below the Schuylkill, in other words, today's Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, southeastern Pennsylvania, Delaware, and coastal Maryland.

But, as the territory was also claimed by Pennsylvania, both colonies began pushing for action to improve their respective claims.

The largely unsettled territory, traditional homeland of the now-extinct Wenrohronon Indians, was claimed by at least three territories: New York Colony, Massachusetts Bay Colony and Pennsylvania Colony up until the 18th Century.

Around this time, the Pennsylvania Colony and the Massachusetts Bay Colony also claimed the territory as their own, but New York did not enforce its territorial claim.

At the time, however, southern Pennsylvania above the 40th parallel was claimed by the Province of Maryland, which took especial interest in the rural area around the ferry.

The burning of the Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge thwarted one of Lee's goals for the invasion of Pennsylvania, and General Gordon later claimed the skirmish at Wrightsville reinforced the erroneous Confederate belief that the only defensive forces on hand were inefficient local militia, an attitude that carried over to the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg.

Captain Pierre Joseph de Celeron, sieur de Blainville claimed the Ohio Valley and all of western Pennsylvania for Louis XV of France.

Both Pennsylvania and Virginia claimed the region that is now Allegheny County.

From 1781 until 1788, much of what had been claimed as part of Yohogania County, Virginia, was administered as a part of the newly created Washington County, Pennsylvania.

* January 22, 1959: The Knox Mine disaster in Port Griffith, Jenkins Township claimed the lives of 12 people and essentially shut down the mining industry in Northeastern Pennsylvania.

Prior to 1792, the region was claimed by both New York and Pennsylvania, so no county demarcations were made until the federal government intervened.

In a lawsuit filed against the school on behalf of the unnamed boy, the AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania claimed the school violated the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Virginia and Pennsylvania both claimed the territory.

Before the American Revolution, the island was claimed by both Pennsylvania and Virginia.

Additionally, the land which encompasses the present day North Versailles Township was disputed territory between Pennsylvania and Virginia, which claimed the area as part of Yohogania County of the District of West Augusta.

Ironically, despite the developer-litigants ' claimed interest in allowing poor people to live in Easttown, they only built houses that sold at well over the average value in Pennsylvania.

The land was claimed by both Pennsylvania and Virginia.

According to Dave Doyle at the National Geodetic Survey, part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the common corner of Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Delaware, at The Wedge is marked by Boundary Monument # 87.

* The Wedge, part of the boundary between the states of Pennsylvania and Delaware in the United States.

The Wedge ( or Delaware Wedge ) is a small tract of land along the borders of Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania.

An 1898 USGS topographic map attributing ownership of The Wedge to Pennsylvania

Even though the area of the Wedge is quite small, just over one square mile, to understand its significance requires some background of the colonial history of the Province of Maryland, the Delaware Colony, and the Province of Pennsylvania.

Clearly Maryland no longer had a claim to the Wedge, as it is east of the Mason – Dixon Line and as both Pennsylvania and Delaware were owned by the Penns, there was no particular incentive to determine which possession it was a part of, at least until they became separate states.

* Delaware claimed the Wedge because it was never intended that Pennsylvania should go below the northern border of Maryland ( which originally ran at 40 ° N all the way to the Delaware River ).

Even though the Wedge is outside the Twelve-Mile Circle, because it is south of the 39 ° 43 ' N compromise line, it should not be part of Pennsylvania.

This survey reminded Pennsylvania of the issue and they once again claimed the Wedge.

Route 896 passes very close to the tri-point, and actually passes through Maryland before entering Pennsylvania, while Hopkins Bridge Road, a side road off of Route 896, passes near the northeast corner of the Wedge.

Loewe retired to Palm Springs, California while Lerner went through a series of musicals, some successful, some not, with such composers as André Previn ( Coco ), John Barry ( Lolita, My Love ), Leonard Bernstein ( 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue ), Burton Lane ( Carmelina ) and Charles Strouse ( Dance a Little Closer, based on the film, Idiot's Delight, nicknamed Close A Little Faster by Broadway wags because it closed on opening night ).

The early efforts failed because of complex geology, and, more importantly, because the refining techniques then available could not manufacture high-quality kerosene from California crude oil, which differed chemically from Pennsylvania crude oil.

The Harmonites did not mark their graves with headstones or grave markers, because they thought it was unnecessary to do so ; however, one exception is George Rapp's grave in Harmony, Pennsylvania, which included a stone marker.

In United States of America v. Extreme Associates a pornography distributor from North Hollywood, California, was judged to be held accountable to the community standards applying in western Pennsylvania, where the Third Circuit made its ruling, because the materials were available via Internet in that area.

The show became popular in Arab countries, with around 18 million viewers, partly because, according to analysts such as University of Pennsylvania professor Marwan Kraidy, it was able to combine the excitement of reality television with a traditional, culturally relevant topic.

Ford's went up Pennsylvania Avenue because it paused at the White House en route to the Washington National Cathedral, where the funeral was held.

Many prominent individuals opposed the construction of the dam at that time because of the damage it would do to Seneca lands, including Pennsylvania Congressman John P. Saylor of Johnstown, and Howard Zahniser, executive director of The Wilderness Society and native of Tionesta — a small settlement located along the Allegheny River several miles downstream from Warren.

Dover and Kent County were deeply divided over the issue of slavery, and the city was a " stop " on the Underground Railroad because of its proximity to slave-holding Maryland and free Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

The 14th Brooklyn is actually supposed to represent the Zouave d ' Afrique ( 114th Pennsylvania later in history ) because the scene is showing the assault on the Sunken Road.

Its completion was delayed because of a dispute over patent rights between Eckert and Mauchly and the University of Pennsylvania, resulting in Eckert and Mauchly's resignation and departure to form the Eckert – Mauchly Computer Corporation and taking most of the senior engineers with them.

Most of the Delaware – Pennsylvania boundary is an arc, and the Delaware – Maryland boundary does not run truly north-south because it was intended to bisect the Delmarva Peninsula rather than follow a meridian.

Colfax in Springdale, Pennsylvania, by the Post Office and train station in Palatine, Illinois and a Colfax Avenue in Benton Harbor, Michigan, where the school fight song contains the phrase " of that Colfax school " because the high school is located on Colfax.

The town is often called " Train Town USA " because of the many railroad attractions in and around town, including the Strasburg Rail Road and the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania.

Over time the community grew and developed, and it became known as Middletown in the 1800s, because it was situated midway between Pittsburgh and Beaver, Pennsylvania.

In the northernmost section of the township along Route 23, there are several gasoline stations, most likely because gas is significantly less expensive in New Jersey than in Matamoras, Pennsylvania or Port Jervis, New York.

The one exception, the B & O line west of town, is not a separate trail because it closely paralleled the Pennsylvania mainline, running side-by-side for much of the way.

The most prevalent drug is OxyContin, a synthetic opiate originally developed as a cancer drug, known colloquially as oxys and hillbilly heroin ( because of the drugs association with Appalachian areas of Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia ).

Settlement processes were often convoluted because of differences among land policies of the several colonies claiming the land, specifically Pennsylvania and Virginia.

The borough grew rapidly during the first half of the twentieth century because a freight depot of the Pennsylvania Railroad was located at Wall.

Perhaps because of ongoing litigation, and other financial problems, Müller's group decided to sell their communal land in Pennsylvania in 1833.

It is an important link for commuters because it connects with Pennsylvania Route 8 and Pennsylvania Route 356 to the east, and with Interstate 79 and US Route 19 to the west.

The name " Pennsylvania Bluestone " is due to its predominantly blue color and because the majority of stone is quarried in Pennsylvania.