HARRISBURG
Dauphin County • Pennsylvania Capital
Harrisburg incorporated in 1791
Harrisburg is the capital city of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Dauphin County. Harrisburg is 83 miles miles southwest of Allentown and 107 miles northwest of Philadelphia, Carlisle is 23 miles (driving) northeast to Harrisburg.
The first European contact with Native Americans in Pennsylvania was made by the Englishman, Captain John Smith, who journeyed from Virginia up the Susquehanna River in 1608 and visited with the Susquehanna tribe. In 1791, Harrisburg became incorporated, and in October 1812 it was named the Pennsylvania state capital,
In 1839, William Henry Harrison and John Tyler were nominated for president and vice president of the United States at the first national convention of the Whig Party of the United States, which was held in Harrisburg.
Carlisle was incorporated as a borough on April 13, 1782. Carlisle served as a stop on the Underground Railroad before the Civil War.
Benjamin Rush (1746-1813) was a Founding Father of the United States who signed the United States Declaration of Independence, and the founder of Dickinson College. It’s the first new college founded in the newly recognized United States. Rush opposed slavery, advocated for free public schools, and sought improved education for women and girls and a more enlightened penal system.
United States Army Lieutenant Richard Henry Pratt founded Carlisle Indian Industrial School in 1879 as the first federally supported school for American Indians off a reservation. Later as General Pratt, he is associated with the first recorded use of the word “racism,” which he used in 1902 to criticize racial segregation.
General Richard Henry Pratt, having fought in the American Civil War against the Confederate States of America (the slave states), understood that “racism” would lead to racial segregation. In turn segregation would only divide the nation and impede its forward progression towards equality..
Pratt knew, what we have come to see across America, “in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare” … racism would have to be eliminated over time.
In 2010, Forbes rated Carlisle and Harrisburg the second-best place to raise a family. Carlisle’s motto is “Excellence in Community Service”. It’s home to the U.S. Army War College, located at the Carlisle Barracks, which is also home of the United States Army Heritage and Education Center.
The historic cities of Carlisle and Harrisburg always embraces cultural equality, diversity, inclusion, equity. unity and has many historic business-friendly communities. Harrisburg is rolling out the “Welcome to Harrisburg” and the inspiring “You’re Home Now!” Carlisle welcome mats to new entrepreneurs, new startups, business founders, new residents and more value-added local businesses. Shop Local! Buy Local!
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