When they emigrated to America in 1765, Jackson's parents probably landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

When Congress passed the Enabling Act of 1802, which authorized Ohio to begin the process of becoming a U. S. state, the language defining Ohio's northern boundary differed slightly from that used in the Northwest Ordinance: the border was to be " an east and west line drawn through the southern extreme of Lake Michigan, running east ... until it shall intersect Lake Erie or the territorial line Canada ; thence with the same, through Lake Erie to the Pennsylvania line aforesaid.

When the Second Continental Congress convened at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia in May 1775, some delegates hoped for eventual independence, but no one yet advocated declaring it.

When she heard that the small Pennsylvania towns of Mauch Chunk and East Mauch Chunk were desperately seeking to attract business, she made a deal with officials which, according to Thorpe's son Jack, was done by Patricia for monetary considerations.

When, in 1938, the Scranton Miners of Scranton, Pennsylvania team moved to Hartford, Connecticut and renamed the Hartford Bees, the league was renamed as the Eastern League.

When the Pennsylvania Turnpike was built, this interstate toll road became the main highway through Bedford County.

When Manning returned to the United States, he enrolled at Saint Francis University in Loretto, Pennsylvania.

When the Depression brought a drop in enrollment in 1933, several members of the faculty were " loaned " to found a new institution: Bucknell Junior College in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.

When the U. S. Air Force closed down its maintenance depots at the former Brookley AFB in Mobile, Alabama and the former Olmsted AFB in Middleton Township, Pennsylvania, Robins AFB assumed the workload of these depots.

When the Pennsylvania Railroad was completed, the land was divided and sold in sections and lots.

When Chester became eligible for Pennsylvania's Opportunity Zone ( KOZ ) program, firms began to accept state and local tax breaks to invest in KOZ-designated areas of this southeastern Pennsylvania city.

When colonial settlers first arrived in what is now Anthony Township they were outside the western boundary of what was then the Province of Pennsylvania.

When colonial settlers first arrived in what is now Mifflin Township they were outside the western boundary of what was then the Province of Pennsylvania.

When colonial settlers first arrived in what is now Piatt Township they were outside the western boundary of what was then the Province of Pennsylvania.

When colonial settlers first arrived in what is now Porter Township they were outside the western boundary of what was then the Province of Pennsylvania.

When Woodward township was first settled by migrants from Europe it was outside the boundaries of the Province of Pennsylvania.

When Potter County was created in 5 December 1810, the whole county was in one township, Eulalia Township, Pennsylvania.

When the legislative Council, on 10 May 1729, enacted the law erecting Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, which included all the lands of the Province lying westward of a straight line drawn northeasterly from the headwaters of Octorara Creek ( near the southern borders ) marked with blazed trees, to the Schuylkill River, then this placed Pottsville in Lancaster County.

When the State of Pennsylvania, having no further use for its State House, proposed to tear it down and sell the land for building lots, the City of Philadelphia purchased the land, together with the building, including the bell, for $ 70, 000, equal to $ today.

When Boreanaz was nine years old, the family moved to the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area after his father took a job at WPVI-TV, the ABC affiliate in Philadelphia.

When Genesee officials learned that Hutton did not have enough money in the Pennsylvania bank accounts to cover the checks, they stopped honoring Hutton checks.

When the case came before the Court, Pennsylvania defended the Act in part by urging the Court to overturn Roe as having been wrongly decided.

When individuals from the Palatinate region of Germany encounter Pennsylvania German speakers today, conversation is often possible to a limited degree.

When the Trail was established in 1980, portions of it were designed to follow the already existing Finger Lakes ( New York ), Baker ( Pennsylvania ), and Buckeye ( Ohio ) Trails.

When it was an independent company, its headquarters were in International Plaza ( Scott Plaza ) in Tinicum Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, in Greater Philadelphia.

When first proposed, Route 90 was planned to extend farther south to Route 73 in Mount Laurel, intersecting Interstate 295 and the New Jersey Turnpike.

When first proposed, it was to extend to Interstate 295, the New Jersey Turnpike and Route 73 in Mount Laurel.

When the Newburyport Turnpike opened for business on February 11, 1805, its builders claimed it was the best in the nation.

When the James E. Ross Highway started opening in 1991, it would receive the " Toll 60 " designation, due to it being operated by the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission.

When ground was broken on the first segment of the Turnpike in 1952, the northern terminus had once again been moved south.

When the original bond expired on December 1, 1989, the Turnpike Commission had difficulty determining how to refinance it.

When construction of the Pennsylvania Turnpike was begun in the 1930s by the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission on the right-of-way of the old South Pennsylvania Railroad, the tunnel was completed for highway use by the Turnpike.

When I-95 was re-routed to the New Jersey Turnpike after the cancellation of the Somerset Freeway, I-195 was connected to I-95.

When the Pennsylvania Turnpike / Interstate 95 Interchange Project ( the interchange between I-95 and I-276 in Bristol Township, Pennsylvania ) is completed in 2017, I-195 is planned to be extended from its present-day western terminus, continuing counterclockwise to the north and replacing sections of the current I-295 and I-95, with its designation proposed to end at that new interchange.

When the Richmond Turnpike ( known today as Victory Boulevard ) was built across Richmond County in 1816, it improved connections to the western parts of the island and to the competing New Blazing Star Ferry in Long Neck ( known today as Travis ), which had steamboat and stagecoach connections to Philadelphia.

When the Falls, NH " Turnpike " was built around 1810 or so, by the Hampton Causeway Turnpike Corporation, in Hampton Falls, NH, a toll was charged to cross it at Taylor's River.

" When the neighborhood was bisected by the Connecticut Turnpike in the 1950s some began to describe City Point as consisting only of the portion south of the highway ( Sixth St. to South Water St .) although this is a change from historic usage.

When the largely parallel Pennsylvania Turnpike was built in the 1930s, the tiny eastern Bedford County locality made sure it wasn't left out.

When the Turnpike was later realigned through the area, resulting in what is now the Abandoned Pennsylvania Turnpike, the connection from the Turnpike to Breezewood was realigned, shortening the US 30 concurrency slightly.

When the Pennsylvania Turnpike opened on October 25, 1940, the Sideling Hill Tunnel was one of the seven original tunnels along the highway, six of which were built from the old railroad tunnels from the 1880s.

When Jeffrey was eight years old, he moved with his family to Bath, Ohio.

When she was not studying, she took independent courses from Ohio University and spent her free time casting bronzes in the school foundry.

When completed, the " Harris Line " placed the mouth of the Maumee River completely in Ohio.

When the Republicans in June 1896 nominated former Ohio Governor William McKinley for president and passed at his request a platform strongly supporting the gold standard, a number of " Silver Republicans " walked out of the convention.

When Céloron's expedition arrived at Logstown, the Native Americans in the area informed Céloron that they owned the Ohio Country and that they would trade with the British regardless of the French.

When the Ohio off-year campaign of 1879 approached, Garfield turned his attention to securing the U. S. Senate seat for Ohio, vacated by John Sherman.

When Pete reached his senior year, he had already used up his four years of sports eligibility, so in the Spring of 1960, he joined the Class AA team sponsored by Frisch's Big Boy of Lebanon, Ohio in the Dayton Amateur League.

When store owner Max Levinson was approached by Carter about stocking the device, he called in his brother-in-law Abe Bookman, a graduate of Ohio Mechanics Institute.

When four years later his mother died, his father accepted a position as director of the Dayton Philharmonic in Ohio, where Blumenschein grew up.

When Slaughter was a minor leaguer in Columbus, Ohio he came running towards the dugout from his post in the outfield.

" When President Abraham Lincoln requested that Ohio raise ten regiments at the outbreak of the Civil War, the state responded by raising a total of 23 volunteer infantry regiments for three months of service.

When an Ohio regiment vacated the house in 1864, they attempted to raze it with fire as a punishment for Tyler's support of the Confederacy.

When Toledo, Ohio | Toledo was incorporated in 1833, it belonged to Monroe County in the Michigan Territory, which led to the Toledo War and subsequent state boundary alterations.

When the city of Toledo was incorporated in 1833, it was part of Monroe County instead of the state of Ohio.

When Ohio became the first in the Northwest Territory to gain statehood in 1803, the state ’ s northern border claimed this important area, even though the boundaries of the Michigan Territory when it was formally organized in 1805 also included this area.

When Wise presided over the hanging of abolitionist John Brown at Harpers Ferry in 1859, abolition supporters renamed it to Morris County in honor of Thomas Morris, a former United States Senator from Ohio who was an opponent of slavery.

When it was created, Knox County extended to Canada and encompassed all or part of the present states of Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, and Ohio.

When Joseph Sprague retired in 1888, Ohio Falls was one of the largest and most profitable of the car builders.

When the Ohio River would rise, homes in Dayton and Newport would flood while homes in Bellevue ( with the exception of homes in close proximity to the riverbank ) remained safe from rising water.

When Michigan became the 26th state in 1837, the western two-thirds of the Upper Peninsula was included as a compromise ( Ohio received the " Toledo Strip ").

" When the Town of Webb was formed in 1896, much of Willmurt was transferred to Webb with the rest returned to Ohio.

When the news broke that northwest Ohio had oil, Standard Oil of Cleveland decided to build a refinery in Lima.

When the section of the Ohio and Erie Canal between Cleveland and Akron was completed in 1827, Dunham Road provided access to the Canal.