Mid-State Regional Airport
Explore the history of Mid-State Regional Airport, from its origins as an emergency landing field to commercial air service, private aviation, and forest fire coordination.
Explore the history of Mid-State Regional Airport, from its origins as an emergency landing field to commercial air service, private aviation, and forest fire coordination.
Explore the history of the Mid State Trail, Pennsylvania’s longest hiking trail, from its Centre County origins to its 327-mile route across forests, parks, and public lands.
Explore the life of Mary Louisa Willard, a Penn State chemistry professor and internationally known expert in chemical microscopy whose scientific work helped solve crimes.
Explore the history of Memorial Field, State College’s historic high school athletic stadium, built during the Great Depression and dedicated to local alumni lost in U.S. wars.
Explore the history of McCoy’s Dam on Spring Creek, from its roots in Centre County’s iron industry and hydroelectric power to its removal and stream restoration.
Explore the history of Meyer Dairy, Centre County’s oldest continuously operated retail dairy, known for its family farming tradition, glass-bottled milk, and ice cream.
Explore the history of the Little German Band, a State College-based group performing traditional German oompah music and entertaining Centre County audiences since 1960.
Explore the history of Lincoln Hall, a State College rooming house that housed Black male Penn State students and became a center of African American campus life.
Explore the history of State College’s American Legion Junior Drum and Bugle Corps, a popular youth organization that won multiple state titles and a 1941 national championship.
Explore the history of Penn State’s Land-Grant Frescoes, Henry Varnum Poor’s landmark Old Main murals celebrating the university’s land-grant mission, history, and student life.
Explore the life of John Hamilton, an influential Penn State educator and administrator who advanced agriculture and helped shape the early development of State College.
Explore the life and career of Joe Paterno, Penn State’s longtime head football coach whose record-setting success, philanthropy, and legacy shaped the university and Centre County.