1720Architecture
== History ==
The French-born fur trader James Le Tort may have built a cabin in the area as early as 1720.
1726Military
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== Notable people ==
Chief Bender, Major League Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher
Robert Callender (1726-1776), fur trader and soldier
Charles J.
1751History
The settlement of Carlisle, at the intersection of several Indigenous trails, was designated by the Pennsylvania assembly and the Penn family in 1751 as the seat of Cumberland C...
1753Architecture
As a result of conflicts on the frontier with Native American tribes, a stockade was constructed in the settlement to protect against potential attacks in 1753.
1755Military
In 1755, the stockade was transformed into a fort, known as Carlisle Fort or Fort Lowther.
1757Military
In 1757, colonel-commandant John Stanwix, for whom Fort Stanwix in Upstate New York was named, established his headquarters in Carlisle, and was promoted to brigadier general on...
1773Government
Benjamin Rush, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, developed Carlisle Grammar School in 1773 and chartered it as Dickinson College—the first new college founded in the ...
1774Civil Rights
The church was also where Pennsylvania settlers met on July 12, 1774, to sign a document protesting the Boston Port Act.
1780Economy
Eshelman Company) and automaker (see Eshelman)
John Bannister Gibson (1780-1853), Pennsylvania jurist and state supreme court chief justice
Harold J.
1782Military
Carlisle was incorporated as a borough a few years after the war on April 13, 1782.
1787Civil Rights
Carlisle continued to play a part in the early development in the United States through the end of the century: In response to a planned march in favor of the United States Cons...
1794Military
A decade later, during the Whiskey Rebellion in 1794, the troops of Pennsylvania and New Jersey assembled in Carlisle under the leadership of President George Washington.
1801History
Smith (1801-1864), U.S.
1809History
president, James Buchanan, graduated in 1809.
1816Military
Albright (1816–1883), congressman from Pennsylvania
James Armstrong, congressman from Pennsylvania
John Armstrong Jr., United States Secretary of War
Upton Birnie Jr.
1827History
Smith (born 1827), member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
John T.
1831History
Senator 1831–34, U.S.
1832Military
Revolutionary War legend Molly Pitcher died in the borough in 1832, and her body lies buried in the Old Public Graveyard.
1834Government
The Dickinson School of Law, founded in 1834 and affiliated then with Dickinson College, ranks as the fifth-oldest law school in the United States and the oldest law school in P...
1843History
Congressman for Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district from 1843 to 1845
Samuel Smith, a U.S.
1851History
A general borough law of 1851 (amended in 1852) authorized a burgess and a borough council to administer the government of the borough of Carlisle.
1863Military
During the war, an army of the Confederate States of America, under General Fitzhugh Lee, attacked and shelled the borough during the Battle of Carlisle on July 1, 1863, as part...
1871Government
Commissioner of Agriculture (1871–1876) and "Father of Penn State University"
Edith Wherry (1876-1961), American novelist
Samuel Wilkeson, former mayor of Buffalo, New York
Will...
1877Military
(1877–1957), US Army major general, born in Carlisle
Deborah Birx, American physician and diplomat.
1879Military
United States Army Lieutenant Richard Henry Pratt founded Carlisle Indian Industrial School in 1879 as the first federally supported school for American Indians off a reservation.
1890Government
Dickinson School of Law was chartered as an independent institution in 1890.
1903Military
Pratt retired from the Army in 1903 and from supervising the school as its superintendent in 1904.
1907Military
Athletic hero Jim Thorpe entered the school in 1907 and joined its football team under coach Glenn "Pop" Warner in 1908.
1911Military
Playing halfback, Jim Thorpe led the team to startling upset victories over powerhouses Harvard, Army, and the University of Pennsylvania in 1911–12, bringing nationwide attenti...
1917Government
Leading industries in Carlisle's past have included Carlisle Tire and Rubber Company (founded 1917), Masland Carpets (founded 1866), and The Frog, Switch and Manufacturing.
1918Education
Carlisle Indian School closed in 1918.
1940Architecture
Carlisle was the original eastern terminus of the Pennsylvania Turnpike when it opened in October 1940.
1955Military
Greene (1955-2014), United States Army soldier
Arthur Japy Hepburn (1877–1964), admiral whose naval career spanned Spanish–American War, World War I, and World War II
John Huzva...
1963Education
Carlisle's Dickinson College was the site of Washington Redskins preseason training camp from 1963 to 1994 and 2001 to 2002.
1966History
The hottest temperature recorded in Carlisle was 102 °F (39 °C) in 1966; the coldest temperature recorded was −19 °F (−28 °C) in 1994.
1986History
In 1986, cornerback Darrell Green ran the 40-yard dash in 4.09 seconds.
1997Education
Dickinson School of Law merged into the Pennsylvania State University in 1997 as Penn State Dickinson School of Law.
2000History
== Demographics ==
As of the census of 2000, there were 17,970 people, 7,426 households, and 4,010 families residing in the borough.
2010History
A Town In-Between: Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and the Early Mid-Atlantic Interior ( 2010) excerpt and text search
== External links ==
"Carlisle (Pennsylvania)" , Encyclopædia B...
2013Economy
Carlisle Tire and Rubber and Masland Carpets have since gone out of business, and both plants were demolished in 2013.