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  triangle - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Triangle (geometry), geometric figure consisting of three points, called vertices, connected by three sides.
It consists of a steel rod bent in triangle form, open at one corner.
Congruence is most often encountered when studying triangles.
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 Erie
Erie, PA was founded in 1795 after the purchase of the Erie Triangle.
Lake Erie, which is one of the Great Lakes, borders this city, making it home to the oldest land lighthouse on the Great Lakes and an excellent fishing spot.
On the left is a picture of the Erie Land Lighthouse at the foot of Lighthouse Street, built in 1818, and replaced in 1867.
pt3.sbu.edu /VFTs/PACities2/erie.htm   (174 words)

  
 Erie Homes Guide
Founded in 1795 after the purchase of the Erie Triangle, Erie is the third largest city in Pennsylvania at a population of 103,717, and the 127
In fact, the Erie’s long-term community goal is to make each neighborhood an average of 65 percent better than each currently is. In order to alleviate homeowners and business owners concerns about taxes, Erie offers a ten-year exemption from property taxes on improvements in residential and waterfront Residential community districts.
Average summer temperature in Erie is 76.4°F. Average winter temperature is a low of 20°F and a high of 35°F. Erie is 19.3 square miles.
www.eriehomesguide.com   (338 words)

  
 4/04: Erie, PA
Of the four states with claims on the Erie Triangle, only Pennsylvania was without a port on a major waterway.
The city of Erie was founded in 1795 and is the third largest city in Pennsylvania, behind Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.
Harry Burleigh was born in Erie in 1866.
www.roadmuseum.org /4_04_erie,_pa.htm   (735 words)

  
 Erie Triangle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Erie Triangle is a tract of American land that was the subject of several competing colonial-era claims and which was eventually acquired by the U.S. federal government and sold to Pennsylvania so that the state would have access to a freshwater port on Lake Erie.
The Erie Triangle is often described as a "tab" or "chimney" attached to the Keystone State.
The water off the coast of the Erie Triangle is known as the Graveyard of Lake Erie because of the large number of shipwrecks that occurred in the area's stormy waters in the 18th and 19th centuries.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Erie_Triangle   (431 words)

  
 State of the County Address
This is all happening at the core of the new downtown Erie Community College campus at the crossroads of this region.
Erie County's real property tax rate is about half the statewide average for county property taxes.
Erie County's real property tax rate is still lower than it was ten years ago.
www.erie.gov /soc.asp   (4276 words)

  
 Erie Yesterday
Erie Yesterday is a consortium of historically related organizations formed in 1976 following the nations bicentennial activities.
Erie County, at the most northwestern point in Pennsylvania was a lush, green, forested area with rich soil for agriculture, rushing streams for a source of power and, after 1792, accessibility to a vast waterway that was part of the Great Lakes.
A decisive battle in the War of 1812 was launched from this port on Lake Erie.
www.goerie.com /erieyesterday   (362 words)

  
 Triangle Tech Locations - Erie
Triangle Tech's Erie School is easily accessible from Interstate 79 and Interstate 90.
In Erie, Triangle Tech is located at 2000 Liberty Street at the corner of Liberty and 20th.
Follow Liberty to 20th Street and Triangle Tech is on the corner of 20th and Liberty Streets to your left.
www.triangle-tech.com /mainloc_erie.html   (220 words)

  
 Erie County Historical Society - Where History Begins
Erie resident Charles Vernon Gridley boasted an illustrious military career, which included action in Manila Bay, and although his tremendous skill made him a public figure, mysteries surround his life and career still today.
Erie: Link to the Great Lakes is the remarkable story of a crossroads of commerce and a cornerstone of American History.
A Town at Presque Isle presents a brief history of the City of Erie and Erie County, beginning with the geology of the region and concluding with projections for the future of the city.
www.eriecountyhistory.org /GlobalPages/publicationBooks.html   (1073 words)

  
 Museum of the Open Road: I-90 East, Erie to Cleveland
It was a crucial battle which gave the Americans control of Lake Erie and helped secure US claims on Ohio, Michigan and the territories to the west.
The US Congress finally awarded the so-called "Erie Triangle" to Pennsylvania since, without it, the state would have had no access to a major waterway.
The name comes from the Erie Indians, who we might conclude were a dominant presence when white settlers arrived.
www.roadmuseum.org /oh_9002.htm   (598 words)

  
 Erie, Pennsylvania
Erie is Pennsylvania's only significant city on the Great Lakes and the third largest city in that state.
Erie, which means raccoon, was given the status of a city in 1851.
Erie is a city with 25 percent of its jobs in manufacturing and contains four of the nation’s top plastics companies.
www.u-s-history.com /pages/h2119.html   (597 words)

  
 Erie, Pennsylvania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Erie is the fourth-largest city in Pennsylvania, behind, respectively, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Allentown.
Bishop Daniel of Erie, of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia, is based in ([12]) Erie and is the Vicar President of the Synod of Bishops for the Old Believers.
Erie has a vibrant Jewish community that is over one hundred fifty years old.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Erie,_Pennsylvania   (3002 words)

  
 : : : ERIE 2002: Erie 2002 (Section A): The Year In Review : : :   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
While Erie sustained its share of economic hits in 2001, the year also was marked by a long list of major investments in new buildings and infrastructure.
Erie County's new Civic Coordinating Committee can be best described as the umbrella group of all umbrella groups.
There were no massive layoffs and no dramatic plant closings, but Erie County's plastics industry has not been immune to the effects of recession.
www.goerie.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=ERIE200201   (412 words)

  
 Pennsylvania - USA State, Indian Earth, Nature, Ecology,Pennsylvania bounded by Lake Erie, New York, New Jersey, ...
Pennsylvania, one of the Middle Atlantic states, is bounded by Lake Erie and New York on the north, New Jersey on the east, Delaware and Maryland on the south, West Virginia on the south and west, and Ohio on the west.
The state did not assume its present boundaries until 1792, when the "Erie triangle" in the extreme northwest was added, giving the state a larger outlet to Lake Erie.
The French built a chain of forts from Lake Erie to the Forks of the Ohio River and then brought pressure on the Indians to break relations with the British.
www.4to40.com /earth/index.asp?article=earth_history_pennsylvania   (2052 words)

  
 EPA > Wetlands > Biological Assessment of Wetlands > Case Studies > Ohio > Photo Tour of Ohio Wetlands
Triangle Lake Bog State Nature Preserve is a kettle hole, zoned, sphagnous bog in Portage County (northeast), Ohio.
Triangle Lake Bog is one of the finest, least disturbed bogs remaining in Ohio, with a floating sphagnum mat, swamp loosestrife (Decodon verticillatus), leatherleaf (Chaemadaphne calyculata), and tamarack (Larix laricina) surrounding an acidic kettle lake.
Sheldon's Marsh State Nature Preserve is one of the few, remaining, hydrologically unrestricted Lake Erie coastal marshes and is located in Huron County, Ohio.
www.epa.gov /owow/wetlands/bawwg/case/ohphoto1.html   (578 words)

  
 Townships of Erie County, Pa.
The Howard stone quarry south of the center, on Falls Run, is one of the most important stone quarries in the county, having a rather thick stratum of fine, hard sandstone, from which excellent stone have been taken for 60 or 70 years, perhaps longer.
This congregation built its log church in what is now the cemetery in 1804, a large frame church in the present park in 18 18-22, a brick edifice in 1860 and dedicated in 1861, later burned and at once replaced by another handsome brick structure.
The first brick house in the county, outside of Erie at least, was built by James Silliman in 1809, about a mile east of the borough.
history.rays-place.com /pa/erie-townships.htm   (8535 words)

  
 settlers.htm   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
In 1800, the population of the Erie Triangle was about 200, of which 75 were residents of Erie.In 1805; Erie was incorporated as a borough.
The population of Erie County had grown from 1,468 to 3,758 in 1810.
For a short time, Erie had a salt trade, but with the discovery of salt near Pittsburgh trade in Erie came to a halt in 1819.
esd.iu5.org /lessonplans/erie/settlers.htm   (589 words)

  
 BeMyWingman.com (Wingerter + Lieberman) Official Wedding Site
Name derived from Eriez Indians that spoke the Iroquois language; Erie means "raccoon," the Erie tribe is sometimes referred to as the Cat nation, the raccoon being a wild cat that appears as the main figure on the Erie totem pole.
Erie County is home to Pat Monahan- lead singer of the Grammy winning band, Train.
The United States Brig Niagara in Erie, Pennsylvania is a reconstruction of an early 19th century warship of the United States Navy.
www.bemywingman.com /wedding/erie.html   (754 words)

  
 PA - DEP Update September 05, 1997
Area-wise, Pennsylvania’s portion of the basin is relatively small with a total of 610 square miles of land area (one and one-half percent) draining to two of the Great Lakes.
As part of the Treaty of Paris, which ended the Revolutionary War, Lake Erie formed part of the northern boundary with the territorial line between the American and British territories drawn down the middle of the lake.
The conflict between the two states was resolved, and soon after the Pennsylvania General Assembly ordered the surveying of the northern line in 1785 and the purchase of the Erie triangle in 1792 by which Pennsylvania acquired its present boundaries.
www.dep.state.pa.us /DEP/DEPUTATE/POLYCOMM/UPDATE/09-05-97/09059722.htm   (729 words)

  
 Irvine
The old estate, in the form of a triangle, is bounded by the former Warren and Franklin Railroad (later Conrail) right of way to the west, the National Forge Road (former U.S. Route 6) to the north, and the Allegheny River and Brokenstraw Creek to the east.
He was influential in the cession of the Erie Triangle to Pennsylvania, and together with surveyor Andrew Ellicott, laid out the towns of Erie, Franklin, Waterford and Warren.
Callender and his wife Patience moved to Erie in 1802 as Callender had acquired a post there supplying Indian agents with goods, and it was in Erie where his son, William A. Irvine, was born in1803.
cc.ysu.edu /~jastange   (2728 words)

  
 frenchandindian.htm   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Throughout the 1700's the Erie remained effectively closed to American settlement.
In 1769, the state of Pennsylvania acquired title to an area now known as Erie County.
In 1794, General "mad' Anthony Wayne eliminated Indian resistance in the settlement of Erie.
esd.iu5.org /lessonplans/erie/frenchandindian.htm   (246 words)

  
 Wattsburg   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Wattsburg is an old town with a wonderful and significant history in the saga of Erie County, Pennsylvania.
The first settlers came in 1796, four years after the Erie Triangle was purchased.
A weekly mail route was established between Erie and Jamestown, NY, and the carrier passed through Wattsburg as he walked the distance on foot.
www.tourerie.com /communities/wattsburg.shtml   (1291 words)

  
 Pennsylvania   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Democrats are the majority in the Philadelphia area, as well as around Allentown and the Poconos in the east and in the southwestern part of the state and the Pittsburgh area in the west and Erie, Pennsylvania in the northwest.
It is bordered on the north and northeast by New York, on the east, across the Delaware River by New Jersey, on the south by Delaware, Maryland, and West Virginia, on the west by Ohio, and on the northwest by Lake Erie.
Ida Tarbell (1857-1944) was born in Erie and was educated at the Sorbonne in Paris.
pennsylvania.iqnaut.net   (3260 words)

  
 Greenfield   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Greenfield Township was the first to be settled after the Erie Triangle was purchased.
Supplies were brought from Buffalo by lake and transported down this road, the first to be laid after the Triangle was purchased.
For several years the station was a bustle of activity as supplies were brought and stored for settlers from other areas of the county.
visiteriepa.com /communities/greenfield.shtml   (1097 words)

  
 About the City of Erie
Erie means "raccoon", the Erie tribe is sometimes referred to as the Cat nation, the raccoon being a wild cat that appears as the main figure on the Erie totem pole.
Prudential ranked Erie 24th out of 150 cities studied in terms of affordability of housing.
Established in 1875 by the Sisters of St. Joseph, and was Erie's 1st hospital
www.ci.erie.pa.us /Default.aspx?tabid=38   (1435 words)

  
 This Month in Erie Maritime History
9th, 1789- The conference which led to the Iroquois ceding the Erie Triangle to Pennsylvania was held.
16th, 1762- Colonel Thomas Forster, Erie resident and captain in the militia guarding Perry's squadron, was born.
Neil Gebhardt, of Erie, were rescued after the sinking of the Andrea Doria.
www.brigniagara.org /thismonth.htm   (1318 words)

  
 Triangle Tech Inc Erie: from the EdRef college search directory
Details on Triangle Tech Inc Erie from the EdRef college search directory of thousands of U.S. colleges.
The school's main campus is located in a mid-size city (in Erie, PA).
Triangle Tech Inc-Erie reports that it is nationally accredited.
www.edref.com /school_list/triangle-tech-inc-erie   (284 words)

  
 1790 to 94 Pennsylvania Maps
Pennsylvania has its modern northern boundary but without the Erie triangle which was purchased from New York in 1792.
Samuel F. Morse, the inventor of the telegraph, was the son of Jedidiah.
It includes the Erie triangle (1792) and appears to postdate the creation of Kentucky (1792) and predate Tennessee (1796) and Ohio (1803), so it likely dates 1793-96.
www.mapsofpa.com /antiquemaps29a.htm   (2946 words)

  
 Erie Central Community Calendar, Community Events, Free E-cards, Free Classifieds, Weather, Free Jokes, naturalist ...
The 2006 One Book One Erie program promises to be even bigger and better, with libraries, bookstores and universities being joined by community centers, organizations and commercial establishments to study and understand the themes of Mary Doria Russell's A Thread of Grace.
Join The Erie County Historical Society for a number of events in October.
From horse drawn carriage rides to a tour of the Erie Cemetery to "Magic Lessons" for children, there's much to do and see at the Watson-Curtze Mansion and Erie Planetarium, 356 W. 6th Street....
www.eriecentral.com   (657 words)

  
 Organization of Triangles, Inc.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Welcome to the Official Website of the Organization of Triangles, a Masonic Youth organization for young ladies between the ages of 10 and 21 years old, in New York State.
For the last 79 years, Triangle has provided young women a vibrant and dynamic group where they can make friends and better themselves.
Convention 2007 Triangle will be returning to the Villa Roma Resort and Country Club.
www.nytriangle.org   (272 words)

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