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The North Pier at Presque Isle State Park is getting a $3.9 million makeover
Erie Times News via Yahoo News· 2 months agoRepairs should get underway this month to Erie's North Pier, a popular spot for sightseeing and...
Presque Isle Lighthouse nonprofit interested in taking on North Pier Light maintenance
Erie Times News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe distinctive black and white, 35-foot-tall tower topped by a light on the end of the North Pier...
Fort Presque Isle to Fort LeBoeuf: The history of the first known road in Erie County
Erie Times News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBefore any roads were built on Presque Isle, there were only rough paths made by Native Americans....
'The finest spot in nature': The French arrival and construction of Fort de la Presqu'ile
Erie Times News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFrom 1645 to 1656, the Eriez and Iroquois Tribes were constantly at war along the south shore of...
The pioneers, problems and 'Ps and Qs' of early Erie County
Erie Times News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThese are just a few interesting looks at what happened as the Erie area grew. Expect two related...
Before he led the U.S. victory on Lake Erie in 1813, Oliver Hazard Perry crossed it by ice
Erie Times News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOliver Hazard Perry, a 27-year-old naval officer, arrived at Presque Isle from Buffalo on March 27,...
Tall Ships Erie 2022: What you need to know about the festival along the lake
Erie Times News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTall Ships Erie returns Aug. 25-28 with seven sailing ships and the World's Largest Rubber Duck...
The Great Lakes: North America's amazing and sometimes dangerous inland seas
Erie Times News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoVisitors to the Great Lakes quickly come to appreciate them. They need only to get up close and take...
Erie-area history: The American Revolutionary War and northwestern Pennsylvania
Erie Times News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWith the beginning of the colonization of America, England granted many of her colonies land...
Pretty and damaging spotted lanternfly reported but not established in Erie County
Erie Times News via Yahoo News· 9 months agoRecent reports of bad bugs ― one dead and one alive ― had Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture...