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The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) established 113 CCC camps in Pennsylvania (second only to California). Using CCC and Works Progress Administration (WPA) labor, the NPS built five Recreation Demonstration Areas , which became Pennsylvania state parks in 1945 and 1946: Blue Knob , French Creek , Hickory Run , Laurel Hill , and Raccoon Creek .
Security class. Minimum-Security. Opened. June, 1992. Managed by. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections. Quehanna Boot Camp. Quehanna Motivational Boot Camp is a mixed-sex six-month, military-style boot camp program operated by the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections in rural Clearfield County .
Creation Festival, commonly shortened to Creation, was an annual four-day Christian music festival in the United States. According to its organizers, it was the "Nation's Largest Christian Music Festival." [1] Average attendance was between 50,000 and 100,000 annually. [2] In late March 2023, the festival's website included a pop-up window ...
The United States Penitentiary, Allenwood ( USP Allenwood) is a maximum security United States federal prison in Pennsylvania. It is part of the Allenwood Federal Correctional Complex (FCC Allenwood) and is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice . FCC Allenwood is located on US Route 15 ...
Ephrata Cloister. The Ephrata Cloister or Ephrata Community was a religious community, established in 1732 by Johann Conrad Beissel at Ephrata, in what is now Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The grounds of the community are now owned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and are administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission .
The annual Creation Festival was hosted locally (in Shirleysburg) from 1984 to 2022, drawing thousands of visitors in late June. [6] Mount Union is the site of the Pennsylvania Lions Beacon Lodge Camp, a summer camp for people with visual impairments and special needs, founded by Carl Shoemaker in 1948.
Raccoon Creek State Park: Located in Beaver County, Raccoon Creek State Park sits on 7,572 acres and is home to the 101-acre Raccoon Lake. Raccoon Creek State Park has 44 miles of trail and ...
1941 saw the creation of Camp Ockanickon in Bucks County Council. Among the claimants for First Boy Scout Troop in the United States is Troop 1 in Bala Cynwyd. Pennsylvania is home to the oldest annual Scouting event in the nation, the Valley Forge Pilgrimage and Encampment.