{"id":294,"date":"2013-12-17T19:44:23","date_gmt":"2013-12-17T19:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.browntrout.com\/wp\/?p=294"},"modified":"2014-03-28T14:16:12","modified_gmt":"2014-03-28T14:16:12","slug":"wild-and-scenic-pennsylvania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.browntrout.com\/wild-and-scenic-pennsylvania\/","title":{"rendered":"Wild and Scenic Pennsylvania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For December BrowntTrout would like to recognize a U.S. state that this time of year is truly transformed into a winter wonderland: <a href=\" http:\/\/www.calendars.com\/Pennsylvania\/Wild-and-Scenic-Pennsylvania-2014-Wall-Calendar\/prod201400003839\/?categoryId=cat00887&amp;seoCatId=cat00887 \" target=\"_blank\"> Pennsylvania <\/a>. Containing parts of the magnificent Appalachian mountains, rolling green hills and of course busy cities filled with culture, Pennsylvania\u2019s stark beauty and storied past will make you reflect not only on 2013, but on a bit of American history.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_296\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.browntrout.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1202-9_PennsylvaniaWildScenic_SQ2014_SPRD.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-296\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-296\" alt=\"Wild and Scenic Pennsylvania 12&quot; x 12&quot; Square Wall Calendar\" src=\"http:\/\/www.browntrout.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1202-9_PennsylvaniaWildScenic_SQ2014_SPRD-150x300.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-296\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wild and Scenic Pennsylvania 12\" x 12\" Square Wall Calendar<\/p><\/div>\n<p>First populated by the Delaware,\u00a0Susquehannock,\u00a0Iroquois and other native tribes, the area was settled by Europeans as early as the 17<sup>th<\/sup> century, when it was desired by both Dutch and English settlers. In 1681 the English monarch Charles II granted William Penn the land, calling it Pennsylvania (Penn\u2019s Woods). This was one of the largest land grants to an individual in history.\u00a0 A devout Quaker, Penn signed a peace treaty with the Delaware chief, Tammany. One of the original thirteen colonies, Pennsylvania was host to the First and Second Continental Congresses, which met in Philadelphia in 1775.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_297\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.browntrout.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/pic_25.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-297\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-297\" alt=\"Wild and Scenic Pennsylvania 12&quot; x 12&quot; Square Wall Calendar\" src=\"http:\/\/www.browntrout.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/pic_25-300x240.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-297\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wild and Scenic Pennsylvania 12\" x 12\" Square Wall Calendar<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Modern Pennsylvania boasts dozens of worthwhile natural and cultural attractions.\u00a0 From the scenic farms and communities of the Amish, you can follow the beautiful, winding rivers and streams up to hill country and mountain trails. Forests shedding their colorful autumn leaves and ponds frozen over contribute to the lovely winter landscape.\u00a0 Culturally the state is also very diverse: its southern border is the Mason Dixon Line, the gateway to the south; and the city of Pittsburgh is a historical center of steel production and northern industry.<\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania also has great food!\u00a0 Festivals honoring Italian and German ethnic groups abound, and the state produces more pretzel and potato chips than any other state (don\u2019t forget Hershey\u2019s either!).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_300\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.browntrout.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1202-9_PennsylvaniaWildScenic_SQ2014_BKCVR1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-300\" alt=\"Wild and Scenic Pennsylvania 12&quot; x 12&quot; Square Wall Calendar\" src=\"http:\/\/www.browntrout.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/1202-9_PennsylvaniaWildScenic_SQ2014_BKCVR1-300x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-300\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wild and Scenic Pennsylvania 12\" x 12\" Square Wall Calendar<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As you can see, this awesome state provides entertainment and history all year long.\u00a0 And although this season is a cold one, the friendly people will warm your heart and keep you coming back!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\" http:\/\/www.calendars.com\/Pennsylvania\/Wild-and-Scenic-Pennsylvania-2014-Wall-Calendar\/prod201400003839\/?categoryId=cat00887&amp;seoCatId=cat00887 \" target=\"_blank\"> Purchase this calendar here! <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For December BrowntTrout would like to recognize a U.S. state that this time of year is truly transformed into a winter wonderland: Pennsylvania . Containing parts of the magnificent Appalachian mountains, rolling green hills and of course busy cities filled with culture, Pennsylvania\u2019s stark beauty and storied past will make you reflect not only on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":298,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[136,138,101,4,25,140,139,137,133,135,134,102],"class_list":["post-294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-american-revolution","tag-amish","tag-brown","tag-browntrout","tag-calendar","tag-dairy","tag-hersheys","tag-lake-erie","tag-pennsylvania","tag-philadelphia","tag-pittsburgh","tag-trout"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.browntrout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.browntrout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.browntrout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.browntrout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.browntrout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=294"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blog.browntrout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":442,"href":"https:\/\/blog.browntrout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294\/revisions\/442"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.browntrout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.browntrout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.browntrout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.browntrout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}