Editing Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania (section)

==History==
Selinsgrove was founded in 1787 by Captain Anthony Selin, who fought in the [[American Revolution]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.captainselinscompany.org/pdfs/selinawi.pdf |title=The Military Career of Capt. Anthony Selin |author=Steve Collward |access-date=November 7, 2014}}</ref>

The [[Penns Creek Massacre]] on October 16, 1755 was the first of a series of deadly raids on Pennsylvania settlements by Native Americans allied with the French in the [[French and Indian War]].<ref>Snyder County Post, 255 Years Ago This Week...The Penns Creek Massacre of 1755, 2010</ref> A marker on the bank of [[Penns Creek]] north of Selinsgrove commemorates the massacre of 14 settlers and the capture of 11 more. In response to this and other Indian actions that day,  Fort Augusta, [[Sunbury, Pennsylvania]], the largest of Pennsylvania's frontier forts, was built in 1756 as a result of this conflict.<ref>Smith, Ivan., Seven Years War Timeline, Nova Scotia's Electric Scrapbook, 2013-12-11</ref>

[[Selinsgrove Hall and Seibert Hall]] at Susquehanna University and [[Gov. Simon Snyder Mansion]] on Market Street are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>