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Georgetown

Georgetown, Pennsylvania
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Most residents of the village of Georgetown worked on riverboats. In 1803 Meriwether Lewis and the Corps of Discovery stopped here to buy a canoe to replace a leaky boat. Lewis later discovered the canoe also leaked. The visit was celebrated in 2003.
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Georgetown, Pennsylvania · United States

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