The state legislature, in 1841, declared the first Tuesday in October as Cranberry Day in Erie. People swarmed to Presque Isle to pick cranberries and to party.
The battle that made the U.S. Brig Niagara’s reputation also gave the world one of the most famous lines ever to summarize a battle.
“We have met the enemy and they are ours,” Commodore Oliver Hazard .
Editor’s note: The Courier Express, in collaboration with Lola M. Smith, MS, lecturer in biology at Penn State DuBois, is republishing a series of work completed by college students about
Harrisburg, Pa. (WJET/WFXP/YourErie.com) — The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) announced Monday applications are now being accepted for the Erie Access Improvement Program. Through the program, funding is available to support projects that provide public fishing access or protect or improve fish habitat for Lake Erie, Presque Isle Bay, their tributaries, and waters that […]