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If you’ve ever toured the White House in Washington DC., you may have noticed the still-life painting by which German artist who came to Williamsport in the late 1850’s?

Williamsport’s most prominent lumber baron, Peter Herdic, was also an inventor. The same day the glamorous Herdic House resort hotel opened in 1865, Peter Herdic opened a horse-drawn streetcar line, which was known as the world’s first ________________, to transport hotel guests to and from the center of town.

“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time,” is a famous quote from which famous American novelist who wrote a ghost story called “A Curious Dream,” which was inspired by his trip to Williamsport?

Which beautiful Gothic Church won an honor for being America’s first set of Westminster chimes when it was completed by Peter Herdic’s architect in 1875. It is also Williamsport’s tallest structure, with a steeple soaring well over 200 feet?

Williamsport was once an important link in the Underground Railroad. Which popular local trail was named after an enslaved woman who escaped and lived in a hut on the mountain, carrying two lanterns up and down the mountain each night to help slaves traverse the north?