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Carlisle, Pennsylvania
by Ron Hall
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A small city in south central Pennsylvania with a "Norman Rockwell like" small town setting. Carlisle was found in 1751 as a county seat of the newly-created Cumberland County. Both the town and the county were intended by the colonial General Assembly and the Penn family in Philadelphia to be the opening of the frontier west of the Susquehanna River. This meant a fiery and violent era of frontier drama for over ten years. World wars swept over the town and county and brought such figures as Benjamin Franklin, Hugh Mercer, Henry Bouquet, and John Forbes to the square of Carlisle. The town is the home of Dickenson College, The US Army War College, the Cumberland County Historical Society (founded in 1874) and the historic location of the Carlisle Indian School. The Downtown Carlisle Association is the oldest recognized downtown Main Street program in Pennsylvania. Started in 1978, today's DCA is a leader in downtown destination marketing, downtown business services, special event production, and economic development partnerships dedicated to the betterment and marketing of downtown assets.
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Mar 9, 2011
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